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Body Mass Index (BMI) Calculator

April 1, 2015 by Dr. Murtaza Ahmed 2 Comments

To calculate your body mass index (BMI), simply input your height and weight in the fields below and click the “Calculate” button. The chart below will show where your BMI score falls in the international standard set by the World Health Organization & Center for Disease Control.  Scroll below the calculator for information regarding BMI.

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References

  1. Understanding Nutrition,  by Whitney and Rolfes.  Uses NHANES II classification.
  2. National Population Health Survey 1996/1997.  (Canadian data n=77,403  age & sex stratified.)
  3. Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults.  National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. June 17, 1998
  4. Nutrition Canada, Anthropometry Report 1980 of data from Nutrition-Canada Survey 1971.  (n=13,691)
  5. Department of Health and Human Services Consensus Conference on Obesity, April,1 1992
  6. NHANES III.  1988-1994 data from USA.
  7. World Health Organization. Obesity: preventing and managing the global epidemic. Report of a WHO consultation on obesity. World Health Organization. Geneva, 1998.
  8. McDowell A, Engel A, Massey J, Maurer K. Plan and operation of the second National Health and Nutrition Survey, 1976-80.
  9. Kuczmarski RJ, Flegal KM. Criteria for definition of overweight in transiation: background and recommendations for the United States. Am J Clin Nutr 2000; 72:1075-1081.
  10. Standards Committee, American Society of Obesity Surgery; Obesity Surgery. Dec. 1997; 7:523
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  1. William says

    September 4, 2016 at 4:35 am

    You didn’t me tion whether having a more muscled body makes a difference in the BMI. Does lean tissue calculate the same as fat?

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