Body Mass Index (BMI)
BMI or known as Body Mass Index is a useful measure of overweight and obesity. It is calculated from your height and weight.
BMI is an estimate of body fat and a good gauge of your risk for diseases that can occur with
more body fat. The higher your BMI, the higher your risk for certain diseases such as heart
disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, gallstones, breathing problems, and certain
cancers.
Although BMI can be used for most men and women, it does have some limits:
- It may overestimate body fat in athletes and others who have a muscular build.
- It may underestimate body fat in older persons and others who have lost muscle.
Figure 1: Calculator on the FASAK BMI
In FASAK BMI, we provides this calculator to calculate the users BMI. So, the uers can calculate their BMI easily.
figure 2: BMI chart
Formula of BMI if want to calculate manually.