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Calculators: Advanced Body Mass Index (BMI)

Ever wonder if you are at a healthy weight? Then enter your height and weight in our advanced Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator. This tool provides you with two important numbers reflecting the estimated impact of your present bodyweight and shape upon your overall health. BMI is the most widely-used diagnostic tool to identify weight problems. In addition, Diabetes1's unique Advanced BMI system looks at other critical measurements ignored by other systems. Specifically these include: waist and hip sizes and waist/hip ratios.

 
Metric
Height cm.
Weight kg.
Waist Size cm.
Hip Size cm.
Gender M F
Standard
Height ft. inches.
Weight lbs.
Waist Size inches.
Hip Size inches.
Gender M F
Instructions for measuring your:




References:
* Risk assessment based on Pischon et al., New England Journal of Medicine, 359; 20, Nov. 13, 2008
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/359/20/2105
Measure waist, hip size to predict risk of death: study, CBC News, http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/12/weight-fat.html
Additional medical review:
Michael Fuller, MD., Ph.D., 2'09
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