Weight Loss
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Body Mass Index (BMI) is the measurement of choice for many health care practitioners
and researchers studying obesity. BMI uses a mathematical formula that takes into
account both a person’s weight and height (the formula is your weight in kilograms
divided by your height in meters squared).
You can find your BMI on the chart below using your height in feet and inches and
your weight in pounds.
Bear in mind that while the BMI chart can give you a rough idea of whether you’re
at your optimal weight, the BMI formula does not factor your total body fat, muscle,
or and water into the overall health equation. This is addressed more holistically
by bioimpedence analysis models. (See our article on
natural weight loss for further information.)
Some researchers observe that the waist-to-hip ratio is a more accurate means than
the BMI for determining cardiovascular disease risk. Waist-to-hip ratio is easily
calculated by dividing your waist measurement by your hip measurement. The cut-off
limit for risk is <0.85 for women, and <0.90 and below for men. A ratio higher
than these figures indicates a greater risk for cardiovascular disease.
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5'11"
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6'0"
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6'1"
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6'4"
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100
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105
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110
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115
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25
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120
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125
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130
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135
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140
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145
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25
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22
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20
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150
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28
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27
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27
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26
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25
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23
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22
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155
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28
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24
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160
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31
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30
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27
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25
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165
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32
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27
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25
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170
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33
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27
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175
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180
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185
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190
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30
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195
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31
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30
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200
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39
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31
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30
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28
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205
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40
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210
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215
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220
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225
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230
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235
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240
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245
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250
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Download a print version of the
BMI chart in Acrobat PDF format.
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Related to this article:
References & further reading on body mass index (bmi)
Last Modified Date: 05/25/2011