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protein, suunto, superior, monitor own health, concerns, friendships, workout routines, fat percent, review, user, | And more importantly, height-weight tables will tell you nothing about your general health status. With that in mind let's move swiftly onto... Body Mass Index (BMI) BMI is a very simple tool. It's best use is for risk assessment for the general population. Does BMI calculate body fat? Unfortunately not. Compared to height-weight tables though, it has a much higher association with a person's body fat. diet power How does it work? It's a simple formula... BMI = Body mass in diet power kilograms ÷ diet power (Height x Height in meters)(Divide weight in lbs by 2.2046 to get weight in kg's) So as an example a 150lb (68kg) woman who is 165cm (1.65m) tall... BMI= 68 ÷ (1.65 x 1.65) = 68 ÷ 2.7 = 25 This person has a Body Mass Index of 25. |
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So superior now, if you fall outside the weight range for your height AND your body frame size you get to feel really bad! :-( Seriously though, height-weight tables are very limited because they superior simply don't calculate body fat. Most football players for example, are much heavier than the recommendations on height-weight tables. Does that make them unhealthy or overfat? Of course not. Their large frame size and muscular development contributes to their superior "excessive" weight. Football players are extreme examples but they highlight the fact that height-weight tables serve little purpose in assessing body composition. The machines you find in gyms, airports, supermarkets, that ask you to enter your height, age and even... Your frame size, are just fancy height-weight tables... they don't calculate body fat. |
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