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Medical
Calculators
| Body
Mass Index |
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The Body Mass Index relates height to weight and helps to
determine ideal body proportions.
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Female |
Male |
| Underweight |
< 19 |
<20 |
| Acceptable |
19 - 25 |
20 - 25 |
| Overweight |
25 - 30 |
25 - 30 |
| Obese |
30 - 40 |
30 - 40 |
| Morbidly Obese |
> 40 |
> 40 |
The
formula is:
BMI
= W / H 2
where
W is the weight in kilograms and H is the height in meters.
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Created:
January
10, 2000.
Revised: October
3, 2000
© 1998-2001 Steven Pon, MD,
Weill Medical College of Cornell University. All rights reserved.
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