The BMI can help you identify certain general health risks and set reasonable weight goals for dieting purposes. As an indicator of health, if the BMI calculator shows you to be obese or underweight, you should seek your doctor's advice as to possible health conditions. Also visit Weight Loss Tips for information on eating disorders, diet, exercise, etc. You should understand that the BMI is a very general guideline that doesn't take into account fat/muscle ratio, rapid weight change, sex, pregnancy, frame size or other variables that may affect what is "normal" for you.
BMI Calculator-Health Indicator
By adding your current waist size, along with your height and age to the BMI Calculator, you can get an idea of what your current health risks are.
Use a tape to measure around your wrist just below the hand, then, with your height and wrist size, check the charts below to see if you have a small, medium or large frame:
| Wrist size: | Under 5'2" tall | 5'2"-5'5" tall | Over 5' tall |
| Under 5.5" | small | small | small |
| 5.5-5.75" | med. | small | small |
| 5.75-6.0" | large | small | small |
| 6.0-6.25" | large | med. | small |
| 6.25-6.5" | large | large | med. |
| Over 6.5" | large | large | large |
| Wrist Size | Under 5'5" tall | Over 5'5" tall |
| Under 6.0" | small | small |
| 6.0-6.5" | med. | small |
| 6.5-7.0" | med. | med. |
| 7.0-7.5" | large | med. |
| Over 7.5" | large | large |
Adjustments: To determine your optimum (goal) weight, input your current height and age, then guess your goal weight until the Calculator (above) results are at the center of the normal range. Then adjust the weight by these amounts: Male +10%, small frame -10%, large frame +10% to get your optimum weight.
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