Body Mass Index (BMI)
Check your body for signs of obesity and increased health risk factors.
The Body Mass Index (BMI) has been used to assess the body composition of people or more specifically, determine obesity. Usually a bodyfat test via skinfolds is a better indicator of body composition. However the size of the skinfold can be problematic, and there is no standardized formula for assessing individuals.
The BMI is actually an assessment of your body weight and how it compares to your height. It is a fairly accurate assessment of total body composition and how you compare to others in terms of your health. This is extremely important since excessive bodyweight, or more specifically bodyfat, is a major risk factor in your health.
Conditions such as high blood lipids, diabetes and coronary heart disease, stroke, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea and some types of cancers, are just a few that are highly elevated due to obesity. Thus you can use the BMI to predict health outcomes in the general population.
Click below to calculate YOUR Body Mass Index.
