What is BMI?
Big Macs Inside? Belly Might Implode? Good guesses, but BMI actually stands for Body Mass Index, and it’s a really important measure for anyone trying to lose weight. BMI is a simple numerical measure of your weight in relation to your height, it evaluates an individual's weight status based on their height and weight. Calculated by dividing one's weight in kilograms by the square of their height in meters, BMI serves as a screening
tool for assessing weight status in adults.
BMI is used differently for people aged 2 to 20. It is calculated in the same way as for adults but then compared to typical values for other children or youth of the same age. Instead of comparison against fixed thresholds for underweight and overweight, the BMI is compared against the percentiles for children of the same sex and age.
A BMI that is less than the 5th percentile is considered underweight and above the 95th percentile is considered obese. Children with a BMI between the 85th and 95th percentile are considered to be overweight.
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