Are you too thin, too fat – or even harmful to your health? The body mass index is a worldwide guide for the target weight of adult women and men. With the this Online BMI calculator, you can calculate whether you have ideal weight.
The so-called body mass index (BMI) indicates whether your weight is correct. It is valid for adolescents from 16 and adults.
The BMI formula is:
BMI = body weight in relation to weight
The classification according to BMI has relatively wide ranges for underweight, normal weight and the different forms of the overweight. A BMI of 18.5 to 25 is normal, from 25 to 30 is referred to as overweight and beyond the 30 of obesity (= overweight).
A slight increase in BMI is normal with increasing age:
Older Desirable BMI
19 to 24 years 19-24
25 to 34 years 20-25
35 to 44 years 21-26
45 to 54 years 22-27
55 to 64 years 23-28
Over 65 years 24-29
BMI of woman
A woman who is 1.75 meters tall and weighs 70 kilos has a BMI of 22.86, for example. It has normal weight. However, the values calculated by the BMI calculator for women often do not correspond to the self-estimations of the women here.
A study by the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago showed that women are often too fat, despite their ideal weight. Wohingegen afro-American women have far fewer problems with superfluous kilos. Although many of the women are considered as obese according to the body mass index, they were much slimmer in their figure than they actually were.
BMI bill for children
The diagnosis of overweight or obesity in children is not easy, because the BMI for adults is for children to be extended by age and gender. It is easy for a pediatrician to determine whether the child is overweight or obese.