Benefits of BMI Calculator

BMI Calculator for Children and Teens

BMI or body mass index ( BMI) is a method for estimating the amount of fat in a person's body that takes into consideration the person's height. BMI is calculated using an individual's weight and height. In teenagers and children BMI can be used to find out if a child or teens are overweight, underweight, an ideal weight overweight, or overweight. The amount of body fat in a child fluctuates as they grow older. Boys and girls differ in their levels of body fat when they get older. This is the reason BMI for children, also known as BMI-for-age includes gender and age.

This calculator calculates an estimated BMI for children between the ages of 5-18. It will tell you whether your child is in the weight range in a normal weight, at risk of becoming overweight, or is now overweight.

Body Mass Index, or BMI is a vital index that relates to one's height as well as weight. It is a person's weight as kilograms divided into the square of one's measurement in metres. It is the National Institute of Health (NIH) has now defined BMI to be the most important factor to determine if you are in the category of normal weight, underweight, overweight or overweight. Therefore, knowing your BMI is a very important aspect in maintaining the health of your body and ideal fitness level. A healthy BMI can also help you keep diseases like heart problem such as type 2 diabetes as well as hypertension at bay. A normal BMI is an indicator of being at your ideal weight. BMI is essentially a quantitative measure of tissue mass, which is bone, fat, and muscles, of an individual.

If you're an athlete or an athletic person your body weight could be elevated and not due to fat, but because of muscle. Muscle is more dense than fat and abundance of muscle means higher weight and, consequently, higher BMI. However, in this scenario it's not harmful because it isn't afflicted with the health risks that the high BMI reading can bring.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)

1. How to use BMI calculator?
   To calculate your BMI To calculate your BMI, follow these steps:
   Enter your weight, then select its measurement (kilograms or pounds).
   Enter your height in feet and inches.
   Press calculate.
   If you'd like to calculate the same way, you can simply press recalculate.
2. How do you calculate BMI determined?
   BMI is calculated by dividing a person's mass in kgs with the square measure of their measurement in meters. In the example above, if your weight is 60 kilograms and your height is 5 feet 3 inches (or 5 feet 3 inches), your BMI could be calculated as follows:60 + 2.61 (1.6 * 1.6) (5 feet 3 inches is approximately 1.6 meters)This will give us the BMI reading at 22.9.
3. What is the reason why BMI calculation important for your well-being?
   The National Institute of Health (NIH) has now defined BMI to be the key indicator to determine if we are normal weight, overweight and overweight or obese. If you don't fall within the category of normal weight, your health may be at risk. Let's say that your BMI has reached 17.5. This implies that you're underweight. Being overweight makes you more susceptible to illnesses because it indicates the body's immunity is weak. You may even develop osteoporosis as you age or become anaemic. If, however, you're overweight, obese or obese, your risk to develop various illnesses rise due to the rise in the BMI number. You're more likely to develop ailments like high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, stroke, among others.
4. How do I calculate the average BMI value of adults and children?
   In youngsters, BMI calculates in the same way as adults but healthy and unhealthy ranges are calculated in a different manner. We don't have fixed standards to determine healthy and at-risk thresholds for children. It is based on children's BMI values are evaluated against other children with the same age and sex and a percentile is calculated.If your BMI value is below the 5th percentile for children, they're thought of as overweight. When they're BMI value is over 95th percentile, they're considered obese. Any value between 85th to 95th percentiles is considered as overweight and from 5th to 85th percentile, it is considered as normal.
5. When should you see any doctor?
   If your BMI falls into any other category than normal one, you should have it tested at least every six months or a year at the maximum. But the further your BMI is outside of the normal range, that ranges from 18.5 to 24, the higher the risk that you're at. If you're severely overweight or even at the beginning stage of obesity, you should consult a physician immediately. In the absence of other numbers, it's impossible to establish the true state of your health, due to the limitation of a BMI number. The above number only gives an estimate of the condition that applies to all. They are not personal and shouldn't be used to replace professional medical guidance in any circumstance.