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Bookmark or Share- How useful is the body mass index (BMI)? - Harvard HealthBody mass index (BMI) is a calculation of your size that expresses the relationship between your height and weight as a single number. It's useful for a person to know, but research shows that BMI on its own frequently misclassifies a person's metabolic health.
- Body Mass Index (BMI) at SchoolBody Mass Index (BMI) at School. Gathering students’ BMIs, in the aggregate, can help schools monitor the success of obesity prevention efforts; screening students’ BMIs for individual health assessment purposes is more controversial and requires schools to address privacy and parent communication, among other issues.
- Is BMI an Accurate Measure of Health?Dr. Heinberg explains the rise of BMI as a tool to measure your health — and whether to use it or lose it. What is BMI? BMI measures your weight-to-height ratio. “People who are taller tend to weigh more, so you can’t compare weight without taking height into consideration,” says Dr. Heinberg.
- Adult BMI Calculator | Healthy Weight, Nutrition, and Physical Activity ...Body Mass Index (BMI) Calculator for Adults. Calculate Your BMI. English | Metric. Height: feet inch (es) Weight: pounds. (8 ounces = .5 pounds) Calculate. Centers for Disease Control Logo.
- Body mass index - WikipediaThe BMI is a convenient rule of thumb used to broadly categorize a person as based on tissue mass ( muscle, fat, and bone) and height. Major adult BMI classifications are underweight (under 18.5 kg/m 2 ), normal weight (18.5 to 24.9), overweight (25 to 29.9), and obese (30 or more). [1]
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