Women BMI calculator

Topics covered :

What is BMI calculator? || What is BMI? ||

Why there is a need to check BMI? ||

BMI Chart for women, man and kids || 

Steps to calculate BMI ||  

Why BMI calculator is helpful for weight management in women|

Side-effects of being overweight in women ||    

Side-effects of being underweight in women

 BMI calculator

Before going any further details about BMI calculator, first, let us discuss 'What is BMI?'.

What is BMI?

 BMI is known as the Body Mass Index.

Generally, BMI(Body Mass Index) is used to measure the healthy body weight of women according to their height and age. For measuring BMI for women, we use BMI(Body Mass Index) calculators to understand the healthy body weight of women on the basis of certain standard values.

Calculate your BMI

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Body Mass Index Calculator

Enter your height: metres inches

Enter your weight: kilograms pounds

Your BMI is: ?

This means you are: ?

Why there is a need to check BMI?

For being healthy, women should always check for their BMI value. 

BMI(Body Mass Index) value of women's body tells them whether they are underweight, overweight or obese.

According to BMI results, we then discuss whether we should do more effort or we are already fit and fine.

BMI Chart for women, man and kids:

There are different standards of BMI for different ages of people.

According to WHO:

 

Standards for adult(>20)(including women and men):

For BMI values less than 16 (<16) ⇒ person is severely thin

For BMI values from 16-17 ⇒ person is moderately thin

For BMI values from 17-18.5 ⇒ person has mild thinness

For BMI values from 18.5-25 ⇒ person is normal

For BMI values from 25-30 ⇒ person is overweight

For BMI values from 30-35 ⇒ obese-I

For BMI values from 35-40 ⇒ obese-II

For BMI values greater than 40(>40) ⇒ obese-III

According to the CDC(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention):

 

Standards for kids and teens(<20):

If the percentile range of BMI is less than 5(<5%)⇒ person is underweight.

If the percentile range of BMI is from 5-85(5-85%)⇒ person is healthy

If the percentile range of BMI is from 85-95(85-95%)⇒ person is at a risk of overweight.

If the percentile range of BMI is greater than 95%(>95%)⇒ person is overweight.

Steps to calculate BMI:

Step 1.

In the first step, you need to measure the height using a measuring tape.

Step 2.

In the next step, put the value of your height in the "Enter your height" section of the calculator keeping in mind the measuring unit.

Step 3.

In the 3rd step, measure your body weight using the weight machine.

Step 4.

In the 4th step, put the value of your weight in the "Enter your weight" section of the calculator keeping in mind the measuring unit.

Step 5.

In the final step, press the "computeBMI" button to know the result.

What is a BMI calculator?

A BMI calculator for Women is an electronic device that is used to measure the BMI(Body Mass Index) in women. A BMI calculator uses some parameters of your body including age and gives you the value of BMI.

Why BMI calculator is helpful for weight management in women?

BMI calculator helps us in finding the value of BMI of our body. According to the result given by BMI calculator, we can find whether we are underweight, overweight or obese. 
With the use of BMI calculator, we can manage our diet according to the result to make us fit and healthy.

Side-effects of being overweight in women:

Being overweight can cause many side-effects and severe health conditions in women. Some of them are  mentioned below:

• High blood pressure
• Gall bladder disease
• Diabetes Type-II
• Heart problems
• Lowering of good cholesterol
• Breathing Problems
• Body-aches
• mental illness like anxiety and stress.

Side-effects of being underweight in women:

Not just being overweight but being underweight also causes many health problems in women. Some of them are mentioned below:

• Reduction of the immune system
• Vitamin deficiency
• Anemia 
• Disturbed menstrual cycle in women is a major disease due to underweight.
• Osteoporosis (weakness of bones)
• Malnutrition
• High mortality rate.