What is BMI?
How is it calculated?
What does it indicate about adult nourishment?
Answers
Answer:
Body mass index (BMI) is a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. BMI is an inexpensive and easy screening method for weight category—underweight, healthy weight, overweight, and obesity.
Answer:
Body mass index is a value derived from the mass and height of a person. The BMI is defined as the body mass divided by the square of the body height, and is expressed in units of kg/m², resulting from mass in kilograms and height in metres.
How is BMI calculated? With the metric system, the formula for BMI is weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared. ... Calculate BMI by dividing weight in pounds (lbs) by height in inches (in) squared and multiplying by a conversion factor of 703.
BMI is calculated to know about the nourishment of an adult. Each BMI value indicate the nourishment status such as under weight, normal weight, over weight & obese. If BMI < 18.5, the person will be considered undernourished. If BMI > 25, the person will be considered overweight.