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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. Relative weight based on mass and height Medical diagnostic method Body mass index (BMI) Chart showing body mass index (BMI) for a range of heights and weights in both metric and imperial. Colours indicate BMI categories defined by the World Health Organization ; underweight, normal ...
Body mass index (BMI) is acceptable for determining obesity for children two years of age and older. [4] It is determined by the ratio of weight to height. [5]The normal range for BMI in children vary with age and sex.
(Discover your BMI with the Hers BMI Calculator.) ... BMI = lbs/in² x 703. If you weigh 160 pounds and you’re 5 foot 6 inches (66 inches), that would be 160 / 66² x 703, which equals 25.8 ...
The 2000 CDC growth charts - a revised version of the 1977 NCHS growth charts - are the current standard tool for health care providers and offer 16 charts (8 for boys and 8 for girls), of which BMI-for-age is commonly used for aiding in the diagnoses of childhood obesity. [1]
For children aged 5–19, the WHO defines obesity as a BMI two standard deviations above the median for their age (a BMI around 18 for a five-year old; around 30 for a 19-year old). [ 26 ] [ 28 ] For children under five, the WHO defines obesity as a weight three standard deviations above the median for their height.
Human body weight is a person's mass or weight.. Strictly speaking, body weight is the measurement of mass without items located on the person. Practically though, body weight may be measured with clothes on, but without shoes or heavy accessories such as mobile phones and wallets, and using manual or digital weighing scales.
Being overweight has been shown not to increase mortality [qualify evidence] in older people: in a study of 70 to 75-year old Australians, mortality was lowest for "overweight" individuals (BMI 25 to 29.9), [18] while a study of Koreans found that, among those initially aged 65 or more, an increase in BMI to above 25 was not associated with ...
It has been shown, however, that individuals with BMI < 18.5 eat about 12% less calories than individuals with normal BMI (21.5 to 25) and they are 23% less physically active (by accelerometry). [17] Underweight people tend to have low appetites and typically eat little, sporadically or infrequently.