Overweight definition using Body Mass Index Defining Overweight is a sensitive topic. This discussion on overweight definition and obesity categories, using Body Mass Index (BMI) questions the ‘official’ definitions of fatness. Indeed a BMI score can potentially misclassify people as fat, even though their total body fat (or body fat percentage) is not excessive. Therefore, […]

The "Slim People Change Proposal" By Steven B. Halls, MD FRCPC Using slim people’s BMI changes with aging to define "normal" change for all adults. The Body Mass Index BMI calculator offers an alternative criterion to define "overweight", called "halls.md v2" criteria. Part of the criteria is a gradually increasing "curve shape" in adults. This […]

BMI for Girls: Average girls body mass index charts The standard CDC charts of childrens Body Mass index (BMI) are the new recommended method to judge whether a female child is overweight, obese, normal or underweight. Use the Body Mass Index BMI calculator to calculate BMI = (weight in kilograms) divided by (height in meters)2. […]

Neither of you are fat! Body index mass? Isn’t that about a mass killing in Dexter? Or maybe a mass in a big church? All jokes aside, there’s a very great BMI calculator that you can use right now. Or check out the Talking Moose for some humor. She will always brighten up your day! […]

more about Standardization of Body Surface Area Back to BSA report page 2 of report by Thanh Vu, B.Sc. (pharm),  ( click here to go to the BSA calculator ) As part of the review at the Cross Cancer Institute (CCI), three slide rules and one calculating device for calculation of body surface area, all […]

  …continuing the discussion of Standardization of Body Surface Area Standard Calculations Back to BSA report page 1. by Thanh Vu, B.Sc. (pharm),   The Dubois Body Surface Area Standard Formula   Currently several institutions use the DuBois formula. There are several arguments for and against the use of the Du Bois formula for calculating […]

Body Mass Index bmi for women, female version This post will be challenging some rather old-fashioned ideas surrounding body mass index bmi for women. Traditionally the BMI chart for women is linear, however, this model is not an ideal or a true representation of the changes in a healthy weight for women according to age. […]

The standard Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Body Mass Index chart of boys are the new recommended method to judge if a child is overweight, obese, normal or underweight. Use the Body Mass Index BMI calculator to calculate BMI = (weight in kilograms) divided by (height in meters)2. Then, look up the BMI and Age […]

Weight, height and body mass index distributions in geographically and ethnically diverse samples of older persons. An incredibly useful article. They showed that BMI and body measures decline (get smaller) in older adults from age 60, to 70, to age 80. Height declines, weight declines, and body mass index declines. This happens worldwide. But most […]

This post will look at the Body Mass Index bmi difference between men and women. BMI or body mass index, is one of those acryonyms that became popular many decades ago. The BMI measurement is a way to decide if a person is too fat or carries too much weight for their height. Back then, […]

This interesting article proved that these body mass index drawings, "figures" in the picture below1, are actually useful. People can describe themselves accurately by choosing a picture. Go ahead, try it yourself. From that, they can basically know their approximate BMI. Cool.

Body Mass Index topic pages In a departure from the simplicity of an old sitemap that only lists local pages, I am led to believe that having some external links to authority pages, such as the CDC body mass index page, would benefit my own major internal pages such as my own: Advanced Body Mass […]

Using data from a dual energy absorptiometry study, to analyse BMI body mass index cutoffs A study of Switzerland hospital employees, of mean age 38.1, had male mean BMI of 21.7 and female mean BMI of 21.6. That’s an extraordinarily weird, too low, non-representative sample. You should ignore their abstract. They defined obesity, based on […]

A big study of Canadians BMI, and does body mass index affect health? This article used the standard WHO criteria1 for body mass index, defining BMI > 25.0 as "overweight" and BMI>30.0 as "obese". However, the article mentions a specific Canadian BMI criteria, which is BMI<20.0 is "underweight", BMI >25.0 is "some excess weight", and […]

Comments and body mass index review To summarize this article’s criticisms of Body Mass Index as a classifier of obesity: 1. Aging With aging, body fat increases and muscle diminishes. Body weight and Body Mass index can stay stable during these changes. This chart comes from Cohn1, illustrating that body weight (and BMI) were stable, […]

Comments and average body mass index for men, for women, and BMI cut off points for overweight and obesity This is the publication that banished the old BMI criteria, and established new Body Mass Index criteria, for the definitions of overweight and Obesity at 25 and 30 kg/m2 respectively. This article mentions the older BMI […]

References and formulas used by the Body Surface Area Calculator. The Body Surface Area formula. Below are the body surface area formula by Dr’s Mosteller, DuBois and DuBois, Haycock and Boyd. The Mosteller formula1 BSA (m2) = SQRT( [Height(cm) x Weight(kg) ]/ 3600 )        e.g. BSA = SQRT( (cm*kg)/3600 ) or in inches and pounds:     BSA […]

Comments about body mass index and body fat in older women This article is about obesity definitions. The article thinks that a BMI of 30.0 is too high, for defining "obese" in older women over 60 years old. This journal article thinks that a BMI of 25.5 is a better obesity threshold. It defines "true […]

What is Body Mass Index You may have heard your physician or your health care provider speaking about your Body Mass Index (BMI). Firstly, body mass index bmi is based on your weight and height. The Body Mass Index measurement is a guide that indicates whether a person is underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese. […]

In this post, we will be looking at the perfect Body Mass Index (BMI) according to a research article. Optimum body-mass index and maximum sexual attractiveness. Authors: Tovee MJ, Reinhardt S, Emery JL, Cornelissen PL.Journal: Lancet, Aug 1998;352(9127):548 Abstract No abstract was published for this short research letter in the journal “Lancet”. Therefore I have […]

Comments regarding percentile curves of body mass index This article published tables of data, but no charts. The data comes from HUGE combined datasets of USA data, a very impressive dataset of over 100,000 measurements of body mass index. Of interest is the 85th and 95th percentile lines of BMI, which are often used as […]

This is not an entirely boring bibliography! (OK, it might be slightly dull). Beside each article listed about Body Mass Index (BMI), there are my personal comments, which are sometimes critical. There are graphics and charts to illustrate my point of view. Become an expert – read and see why experts disagree sometimes. Bibliography of […]

  The BMI Formula to calculate Body Mass Index: BMI To calculate your BMI (Body Mass Index), take your weight (in kilograms), and divide by your height (in meters) squared. ( Need a calculator? Duh.. use the body mass index BMI calculator, which coincidentally, will convert units from imperial to metric and back.That is your […]

Body mass index cutoffs being determined for the BMI calculator By Steven B. Halls, MD FRCPC This page continues the discussion about the "halls.md v2" thresholds for determining overweight, as used in the Body Mass Index BMI calculator. A previous page described the development of the slim changes proposal curve-shape, and this page describes how […]

Comments and Key points from this article on healthiest BMI The above article on Body Mass Index (BMI) has a key point, and here it is:- “The estimated nadir of the BMI curve was at 27.3 kg/m 2.” But what does this actually mean? Well, the lowest mortality rate (death rate) occurs at a Body […]

Body Mass Index (BMI) has been my special interest since this website first began. Indeed, I have developed a couple of calculators to help you assess your BMI, weight loss percentage and ideal weight. So, below is an index of all our articles with a little summary. Please do come in and take a look […]

The Body Mass Index calculator has two choices available for deciding "Body Description", either "WHO – CDC" or "halls.md v2". These choices set the Body Mass Index (BMI) thresholds that determine if BMI values are "overweight", "obese", "normal", "underweight", etc. The preceding page described the WHO – CDC criteria. This page describes the "halls.md v2" […]

Comments for adolescents overweight body mass index This article indicates that the current CDC criteria for defining overweight and obesity, are generous to adolescents, by letting kids be fatter than necessary before labelling them as overweight or obese. The body fat percentage criteria they used were: – "at risk of overweight" is body fat >= […]

Comments and Key points This article recommends optimum Body Mass Index threshold values to define obesity: BMI threshold Boys Girls Age 10-11 19.0 19.6 Age 12-13 19.4 21.2 Age 14-15 24.0 21.9 It’s a good article from a perfectly conducted study. The population sample came from Lisbon, Portugal, which is the only factor that makes […]