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Calculation of your Body Mass Index

 Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of your weight in relation to your height. It is the most widely used measure of a healthy weight versus being overweight or obese. There is increasing evidence that being overweight aggravates FM as well as predisposing to the development of diabetes. FM patients with diabetes tend to have more severe symptoms. See FM and Weight Literature

To calculate your BMI, fill out your weight and height - in either inches and pounds or meters and kilograms.

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 Height: in m; weight: lb kg 

 

You have a body mass index of

This is considered  
      see charts below:

               

            BMI and Waist circumference and risk of cardiovascular disease

BMI

 
BMI rating

Waist less than or equal to 40 in. (men)
35 in. (women)

Waist greater than
40 in. (men)
35 in. (women)

  18.5 or less

   Underweight

   No increased risk

   No increased risk

18.5 - 24.9

   Normal

   No increased risk

   Low risk

25.0 - 29.9

   Overweight

   Increased risk

   High risk

30.0 - 34.9

   Obese

   High risk

   Very High risk

35.0 - 39.9

   Obese

   Very High risk

   Very High risk

   40 or greater

   Extremely Obese

   Extremely High risk

   Extremely High risk

                                           
    Ideal weight in relation to height


  
                                

  Note:  Muscle weighs more than fat and an elevated BMI may be due to a high muscle mass.
            For instance Arnold Schwarzenegger had a BMI of 33 as Mr.Universe in 1967.

  BMI may overestimate body fat in athletes and others who have a muscular build.
  BMI may underestimate body fat in older persons and others who have lost muscle mass.
 
 

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