Obesity simplex: Estimating your body mass index (BMI) and establishing your weight status.
If you wish to put the RELIED 500 Cal. Plan into operation (see Obesity simplex: Facing up to its reality) you need to build a personal data base. You may need to use a calculator.
Start with your BMI and weight status by following the example below.
Record your results and keep for future use
Example:
Calculating the BMI and establishing weight status of Miss C. Green ( 12 stones and 6 pounds) and (5 foot and six inches)
Weight = 12 stones and 6 pounds
= (12 x 14) + 6
= 168 + 6
= 174 pounds
= 79 kilograms (174 divided by 2.2)
Height = 5 foot and 6 inches
= (5 x 12) + 6
= 60 + 6 = 66 inches
= 167.6 centimetre (66 x 2.54)
= 1.676 metres (167.6 divided by 100)
BMI = weight (kilograms) divided by height x height (metres)
= 79 divided by (1.676 x 1.676)
= 28.124 kilograms per square metre (28.124 for short)
Weight status: Overweight
See 4th row of right hand column in table below.
BMI range and weight status (from data published by M.I.Rowlands, 1989)
Weight status------------- (Men) -------------------------- (Women)
Underweight-------- [Less than 20.7]--------------------- [Less than 19.1]
Acceptable weight-------[20.7 to 27.8]----------------------- [19.1 to 27.3]
Overweight------------- [27.8 to 31.1]----------------------- [27.3 to 32.2]
Severe overweight-------[31.1 to 45.4]----------------------- [32.3 to 44.8]
Morbid obesity----------[More than 45.4]--------------------- [More than 44.8]
