Find your height inches in the left hand column. If your measuring tape is too short to measure your full height measure as high as you can and make a pencil mark on the wall. To convert your height to its metric equivalent start by calculating your height in inches only. If the answer is 05 or less the chances are that they have a healthy weight. One inch equals 254 centimeters cm. Enter your weight and height using standard or metric measures.
Keep the measuring tape flat against the wall. A person whos 5 feet 6 inches tall is 66 inches. A woman who is 5 feet and 4 inches. Honestly i wish i could be bulkier so please be proud of your wight that i envy to obtain. Measure from the floor to the pencil mark with a measuring tape. A bmi of less than 185 means that you are underweight and 185 to 249 is considered the normal healthy range.
All of the formulas have the same format of a base weight given a height of 5 feet with a set weight increment added per inch over the height of 5 feet. May i say that is a more than healthy weight for your height. Use our calorie intake calculator to determine your daily caloric needs based on your height weight age and activity level. Height and weight must be measured to calculate bmi. Im 63male 17 and 118 pounds and somedays i feel like i should be waving in front of a car dealership. Select compute bmi and your bmi will appear below.
In addition to determining the calories needed to maintain weight use this as a calorie burner calculator and figure out how many calories you need to burn in order to drop pounds. Calculate your body mass index. The equation for adults is your weight in pounds divided by your height in inches squared and then multiplied by 703. Scan upward to the top of the column to find the corresponding bmi number for that height and. Scan across the row to find your weight pounds. These measurements can be taken in a healthcare providers office or at home using a tape measure and scale.
It is most accurate to measure height in meters and weight in kilograms. For example if you are a 510 male estimating your ideal weight with the devine formula you would add 23 10 kg to 50 kg to get 73 kg or 161 lbs. Bmi weight height x height x 703. However the bmi formula has been adapted for height measured in inches and weight measured in pounds. To calculate the wthr a person should divide their waist size by their height.
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