The body mass index (BMI shortened or BMI, body mass index English) or Quetelet Index is a biometric identifier, expressed as a ratio between the weight and height of an individual and is used as an indicator state weight.
The body mass index is defined as:
Example: 26 year old woman with a height of 1.7 my body weight 68 kg, the formula for calculating BMI is
The threshold values \u200b\u200bof BMI recommended World Health Organization (WHO) to define the condition of underweight, normal weight, overweight and obesity was carried out for adult men and women can be summarized as follows:
| Situation weight | Min Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Obese class III ≥ 40.00 | | |
| Obese class II | 35.00 | 39.99 |
| Obese class I | 30.00 34.99 | |
| Overweight | 25.00 29.99 | |
| Adjust | 18.50 24.99 | |
| Underweight | 16.00 | 18.49 |
| Severe thinness | \u0026lt;16.00 |
Example: A 26 year old woman with a height of 1.7 my body weight 68 kg has a BMI corrispondde of 23.53 that a regular weight. What to do in this case? The weight is regular, but moved to the maximum, and then monitor it serves and increase physical activity. At the table you should be careful and you should not overdo the calories.
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