Learn how to calculate BMI, all you need is knowledge and a calculator

Providers for health care use the body mass index or the BMI as well as the measurement of the waist's circumference in order to assess the risk of the person in developing the diabetes, the arthritis and health problems.

Today, for about 64.5% U.S. adults belong to the overweight or the obese category. You will know if you're one of them through measuring bmi as well as measuring your waist circumference. All of these provide the useful estimates of the overweight, in obesity as well as the body fat distribution.

Measuring bmi as well as your waist circumference is just easy, here's how:

1. BMI – BMI measures the weight which is related to the height, it is closely linked with the body fat measurement. Calculate the BMI through the use of this formula.

BMI= ( person's weight (lbs) (703)

              (Height in inches²)

1. BMI can likewise be estimated through the use of this chart:

BMI                                              REMARKS

18.5 – 24.9                                    healthy

25    - 29.9                                     overweight

30 or more                                     obese

3. Because the BMI doesn't show any difference between the fat and the muscle that doesn't always accurately predict if the weight will lead to the health problems.

4. Measuring BMI can sometimes not reflect the accurate body fatness of the short people as well as with the older people, who tend of losing the mass in the muscle as they grow older.

5. Waist circumference

The excess weight that is measured through the BMI, is not alone the risk of one's health. It also includes fat's location in the body. If your waist carries the more fat, you will likely to have health problems if compared of carrying fats mainly in the hips as well as in thighs. This is always true even though the BMI falls just within its normal range.

6. In measuring the waist circumference, just place the tape measure merely around the bare abdomen which is located above the hip bone. Just make sure to snug the tape, but doesn't compress in your skin, as well as it's parallel on the floor. You relax, inhale, and then measure the waist.

Women having the waist measurement more than the 35 inches or the men having the waist measurement that is 40 inches or more can have the higher risk of disease than the people having the smaller measurements in the waist.

Those are the ways of measuring BMI and waist circumference. Take note of your measurements. Recognize if you have the normal measurements. If happen you belong on the overweight or obese, it's time to reduce your weight. Start eating healthy foods, have enough sleep and exercise to say goodbye to those excess fats. Take good care of your health.