Do you know how much normal BMI or Body Mass Index? Or maybe you don't event know what is it yet. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a statistical measure of the weight of a person according to the scale height. This technique is found in the middle of the 10th century in Belgium by Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet. Through the decades, BMI has become one of the most objective measurement standards and reliable in these modern times. Through the quality of a person's weight, BMI helps to analyze the overall body size and might even help in identifying the possible presence of disease. So you need to know what is your BMI right? Below you can use BMI calculator to know it.
bmi calculator
After you knew your BMI, you should check is it a normal BMI or not, as the reference, you can found BMI scale below that was written on wikipedia.
| Category | BMI range – kg/m2 | BMI Prime |
|---|---|---|
| Very severely underweight | less than 15 | less than 0.60 |
| Severely underweight | from 15.0 to 16.0 | from 0.60 to 0.64 |
| Underweight | from 16.0 to 18.5 | from 0.64 to 0.74 |
| Normal (healthy weight) | from 18.5 to 25 | from 0.74 to 1.0 |
| Overweight | from 25 to 30 | from 1.0 to 1.2 |
| Obese Class I (Moderately obese) | from 30 to 35 | from 1.2 to 1.4 |
| Obese Class II (Severely obese) | from 35 to 40 | from 1.4 to 1.6 |
| Obese Class III (Very severely obese) | over 40 | over 1.6 |
