By: | 2010-04-17 | Weight Loss What is BMI? The BMI or body mass index is a simple calculation from the height and weight which will determine if the person is of a healthy weight. read more
By: Kerry Thomas | 2010-03-31 | Weight Loss The body mass index (BMI) is a standard formula used to compare your height to your weight. The reading allows you to determine what weight category your specific weight and height places you in. read more
By: | 2010-04-14 | Health & Fitness Obesity is a sever health risk. The illness called 'early death' being a normal result. Another factor is where on your body the weight is, as fat is different depending on where the fat cells are. Check also with your doctor or a reputable gym on your body fat (depends on your body type). But here are some general guides. read more
By: Samantha Clemmons | 2010-03-30 | Exercise Body mass index is a very strong indicator of just what kind of shape your body is in. For simplicity's sake, a BMI of over 25 is considered overweight. read more
By: Kristie Chiles | 2010-03-26 | Weight Loss Adolphe Quetelet introduced the concept of BMI or the body mass index to the world in the 1830's. It is a tool which is commonly used to assess whether a person's weight is normal for his height or not. It has been in use for almost two centuries now and it is still very popular. read more
By: Tom Mitchell | 2010-03-26 | Weight Loss What, exactly, do you suppose is considered a healthy weight? To most experts, a healthy weight is really a range which relates statistically to overall good health. Being overweight or even obese is usually related statistically in many ways to many weight-related health issues. These kinds of weight-related health issues include such ailment as heart disease (very serious) and hypertension. Hypertension, if you did not know, is a synonym for another serious condition known as high blood pressure. read more
By: Kobus DeVilliers | 2010-03-27 | Health & Fitness The BMI calculation is a convenient tool but is mostly applied incorrectly. When should the BMI be used and when are other alternatives more appropriate? Learn what will help you achieve a healthy body and looking great. read more
By: lorikennet | 2011-12-22 | Weight Loss Body mass index or simply BMI is utilized to show if someone is fat, overweight, normal or perhaps under a healthy weight. read more
By: Danny Wood | 2010-03-29 | Weight Loss Ever thought of using a BMI calculator? Wonder what a BMI calculation really means? It's simple really. You can use a BMI calculator to determine your Body Mass Index. This can aid you in losing those excess pounds but there are limitations. read more
By: Dr Andrew Napier | 2010-10-21 | Weight Loss Body Mass Index is only around from the eighties, when it replaced the height-weight tables used for determining obesity. BMI is a tool that also uses someone's weight and height in order to find out if the weight is a normal one or if the person is obese or underweight. read more
By: Andy Wong | 2011-01-03 | Nutrition BMI Body Mass Index. This is a short and simple search and classification of risk of health and disease of body fat. It is very easy to use as a scientist or other health care facilities, you need to know is your height and weight. read more
By: lorikennet | 2011-12-22 | Weight Loss Doctors and also other health professionals have been utilizing BMI to ascertain the health and fitness of an individual according to the level of his body fat. read more
By: Jens PeterJensen | 2011-03-28 | Health & Fitness By finding out how proportionate our bodies are, checking our weight against our height, we can determine whether we have weight issues we need to work on. Undergoing a routine bmi test can help us check whether we have weight problems that we need to focus on. read more