Monday, January 2, 2012

BMI FORMULA

1.  Multiply your weight in pounds times 703.
2.  Multiply your height (in inches) times your height (in inches)
3.  Divide the number in step 1 by the number in step 2 to get your BM!

Underweight:      less than 18.5
Normal weight:  18.5 to 24.9
Overweight:       25 to 29.9
Obese:              30 or higher
Morbid obesity:  40 or higher

Source:  National Institutes of Health and American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery.

For example if you weigh 148 pounds and five feet six inches tall, the calculation would look like this:

1.  148 pounds x 703=104,044
2.  66 x 66 =4,356
3.  104,044/4,356 = 23.9 BMI (normal)  or your SKINNY JEANS WILL FIT!

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