NHS an expert in BMI
BMI is an accronym for Body Mass Index which is a measurement of a person's leanness or corpulence based
on their heigght and weight, and is intended to quantify tissue mass. It is an indicator of whether a person
has a healthy body weight for their height. The BMI value is then used to categorize if a person is underweight,
normal weight, over weight, or obese depending on what range the value falles between.
BMI Table
WHO recommended body weight based on BMI values are shown in
the table below
|
Classification
|
BMI range - kg/m2
|
| Severe Thinness |
16 |
| Moderate Thinness |
16 - 17 |
| Mild Thinness |
17 - 18.5 |
| Normal |
18.5 - 25 |
| Overweight |
25 - 30 |
| Obese Class I |
30 - 35 |
| Obese Class II |
35 - 40 |
| Obese Class III |
> 40 |