{"id":129,"date":"2016-05-09T08:56:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T08:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accumass.com\/blog\/?p=129"},"modified":"2018-03-07T14:03:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T08:33:42","slug":"what-is-body-mass-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accumass.com\/blog\/what-is-body-mass-index\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Body Mass Index (BMI)?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Body Mass Index (BMI)<\/strong> or Quetelet index<\/strong> plays an important role in figure out your weight, health and lifestyle choices. Body mass index is developed by Adolphe Quetelet in the 1900\u2019s for evaluating body mass. Body mass index is not related to gender or age. \u00a0BMI values are the same for men and women of all body types and ages.<\/p>\n

How is BMI used?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In BMI formulas simply put your weight and height and calculate your BMI value. There are three sets of values used to determine body mass.<\/p>\n

The standard weight status categories associated with BMI ranges for adults are shown in the following table<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
BMI (Body Mass Index)<\/strong><\/td>\nWeight Status<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Below 18.5<\/td>\nUnderweight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18.5 \u2013 24.9<\/td>\nNormal or Healthy Weight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25.0 \u2013 29.9<\/td>\nOverweight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30.0 and Above<\/td>\nObese<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

BMI Formulas: <\/strong><\/p>\n

There are two type of formula used to calculate BMI value.<\/p>\n

Metric BMI Formula<\/strong><\/p>\n

BMI = (Weight in Kilograms \/ (Height in Meters x Height in Meters))<\/p>\n

Imperial BMI Formula<\/strong><\/p>\n

BMI = (Weight in Pounds \/ (Height in inches x Height in inches)) x 703<\/p>\n

How do I know if I\u2019m underweight? <\/strong><\/p>\n

If your BMI weight status is below then 18.5 than you\u2019re in the category of underweight people. There are certain risks of being underweight such as slow wound healing, slow recovery from illness, high blood pressure and lack of period or fertility in females. If you\u2019ve BMI score less than 18.5 or in between 18.5 – 20 then you required a more nutritional intake that helps you to gain weight and build strong immunity system in the body. You can try Accumass weight gain granules and Ayurvedic medicine to increase your BMI value.<\/p>\n

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Body Mass Index (BMI) or Quetelet index plays an important role in figure out your weight, health and lifestyle choices. Body mass index is developed by Adolphe Quetelet in the 1900\u2019s for evaluating body mass. Body mass index is not related to gender or age. \u00a0BMI values are the same […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,115,8,24,341,4,26,3],"tags":[309,310,126,311,312,127,307,308],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ayurvedic-weight-gainer","category-calorie-chart","category-gain-weight","category-health-tips","category-home-remedies","category-weight-gain-capsules","category-weight-gain-diet-plan","category-weight-gain-powder","tag-about-bmi","tag-about-body-mass-index","tag-bmi","tag-bmi-calculator","tag-bmi-for-weight-gain","tag-body-mass-index","tag-calculate-your-bmi","tag-standard-bmi-calculator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/accumass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/accumass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/accumass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/accumass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":881,"href":"https:\/\/accumass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/accumass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accumass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}