How To Calculate Body Mass Index

Calculate Body Mass
The body mass index calculator can be used to identify if you are overweight. A drawback of the calculation is that if you are muscular it can suggest you are overweight due to muscle density.



The definition of obesity, issued by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, overweight is value between 25 and 29.9 and obese is a BMI value greater than or equal to 30.

The formula for calculating BMI is:



BMI=KG/m2
Enter your weight and height
height in cms
weight in kgs


Your BMI is:

The table below indicates the category your BMI falls into:

BMI value category
below 20 underweight
20-25 normal
25-30 overweight
over 30 obese

We'd highly recommend the BMI calculators and information on the halls.md website, they have more advanced features than the one here, and provide more specific calculations based on your gender and age.

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Some other sites providing BMI calculators and information we have found useful:

Body Mass Index Calculator - your body mass index indicates if you are overweight.

medindia.net - body weight calculator and charts