This ratio, is called the body mass index (BMI).īMI is not a perfect measure, because it does not directly assess body fat. To determine whether a person has too much body fat one can calculate the ratio of their weight to their height squared. These measurements will give you a good indication as to whether you are at a healthy weight.Ī simplified definition of being overweight and obesity is having too much body fat presenting a risk to your health. Your first step to find out if you are at a healthy weight is to determine your Body Mass Index (BMI), Waist circumference or your waist to hip ratio.
Apologies – our weights & measurements tool is currently being upgraded to work with our new website theme so we’ve included the manual way to calculate these measurements.
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