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Showing posts with label bmi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bmi. Show all posts

4/12/2013

How is BMI calculated and interpreted?

Calculated of BMI is very easy and anyone can do it!

All you need is your uptaded hight and weight.

The calculation Formula: 

weight (kg) / [height (m)]2 


Example: 

Weight = 68 kg, Height = 165 cm (1.65 m)

Calculation: 68 ÷ (1.65)2 = 24.98


BMI reasults interpreted

BMI reasult below 18.5 - underweight
BMI reasult 18.5 - 24.9 - normal
BMI reasult 25 - 29.9 - overweight
BMI reasult 30 and above - obese


4/01/2013

Is BMI Reliable as an Indicator of Body Fatness?


The correspondence between the BMI number and form largeness is reasonably solid; however the connection changes by sex, race, and age. The aforementioned varieties incorporate this samples: 3, 4


  • At the same BMI, ladies almost always have more  fat quotients than men.           
  • At the same BMI, more senior individuals, on normal, as a rule have more body fat than younger adults.              
  • Highly trained athletes may have a high BMI because of increased muscularity rather than increased body fatness.

It is moreover imperative to recall that BMI is one exclusive element identified with danger for illness. For surveying somebody's probability of improving overweight-or heftiness-identified maladies, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute guidelines suggest checking out two different indicators:


  • The single's waist outline (on the grounds that stomach oversized is an indicator of danger for corpulence-identified ailments).           
  • Other danger components the distinctive has for maladies and conditions connected with heftiness for instance, heightened circulatory strain or physical dormancy).

How to Use BMI?



BMI is a screening system to distinguish weight issues for adults. 
On the other hand, to confirm if overabundance weight is a health dangerous you might need to perform further tests. 
BMI evaluations may incorporate skinfold thickness estimations, assessments of eating methodology, physical action, family history, and other fitting health screenings.

What is BMI?

Form Mass Index (BMI) is a number figured from an individual's weight and stature. 
BMI is a decently dependable pointer of form body fatness for most individuals. 
BMI does not measure muscle to fat ratio ratios straight, yet research has indicated that BMI relates to control measures of muscle to fat ratio ratios, for example underwater weighing and double vigor x-beam absorptiometry (DXA).1, 2 BMI could be thought about an elective for immediate measures of muscle to fat ratio ratios. 
Moreover, BMI is an economical and straightforward-to-perform technique for screening for weight classes that may expedite health issues. 





I am not a medical expert or nutritionist. The point of these posts are not to advocate for or discourage the food trends that they will cover. They are purely to provide some basic facts that are concrete and create a clearer picture of what paleo diet is all about since there is usually a lot of confusion surrounding them. They are here to serve as a reference if you didn’t quite understand these eating styles beforehand.