The higher your BMI the higher your risk for diseases such as high blood pressure, heart diseases, type 2 diabetes, breathing problems, gall stones and even certain cancers.
Although BMI is useful for both men and women it does have certain limitations:
- The tendency to over estimate the body fat in people with muscular build like athletes.
- It may underestimate the body fat in older people who have lost Muscle.
In measuring your BMI, it is important to know the circumference of your weight. Measuring your waist helps to screen for possible health risks which come with being overweight and obsessed. If most of your fat is around your weight rather than your hips, it would mean you are at a higher risk for type 2 diabetes and heart diseases.This risk increases for people with a waist size greater than 35inches for women or 40 inches for men.
To calculate your BMI simply divide the sq of you height in meters by your weight in kg. To measure your waist correctly, stand and place a measuring tape around your middle, just above your hip bones. Measure it just after you breathe out.
To calculate your BMI simply divide the sq of you height in meters by your weight in kg. To measure your waist correctly, stand and place a measuring tape around your middle, just above your hip bones. Measure it just after you breathe out.
To measure your BMI = Mass(KG)
(height(m)2
(height(m)2
Category | BMI range – kg/m2 | BMI Prime |
---|---|---|
Very severely underweight | less than 15 | less than 0.60 |
Severely underweight | from 15.0 to 16.0 | from 0.60 to 0.64 |
Underweight | from 16.0 to 18.5 | from 0.64 to 0.74 |
Normal (healthy weight) | from 18.5 to 25 | from 0.74 to 1.0 |
Overweight | from 25 to 30 | from 1.0 to 1.2 |
Obese Class I (Moderately obese) | from 30 to 35 | from 1.2 to 1.4 |
Obese Class II (Severely obese) | from 35 to 40 | from 1.4 to 1.6 |
Obese Class III (Very severely obese) | over 40 | over 1.6 |
If your weight is in a healthy place, you really do not need to loose weight after all.
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