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Calculate Your Body Mass Index (BMI), to know how obese you are....

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Farhana Israt Jahan:
Calculate Your Body Mass Index

Body-mass index, or BMI, is used as one measure of obesity or state of being overweight. BMI is used as a baseline and, then subsequently, to measure the effectiveness of a weight loss and/or health regimen implemented in cooperation with an individual's physician and other health care providers.
                  body weight (kg)
       BMI=---------------------------
                  (Height(m))2

Category                                        BMI range ( kg/m2)
Very severely underweight                   less than 15.0
Severely underweight                         from 15.0 to 16.0
Underweight                                          from 16.0 to 18.5
Normal (healthy weight)                        from 18.5 to 25
Overweight                                         from 25 to 30
Obese Class I (Moderately obese)         from 30 to 35
Obese Class II (Severely obese)           from 35 to 40
Obese Class III (Very severely obese)   over 40

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