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The BMI, a ratio of height to weight, is determined by a mathematical formula: Divide your weight (in pounds) by your height squared (using inches). Multiply the resulting number by 705.
In metric units, BMi can be obtained by taking the weight in kg divided by the square of the height in meters.
If you don't want to do all that math, you can use the table below to determine your BMI.

How To Find Your Body Mass Index

To find your body mass index (BMI), locate your height in the left column. (If you've lost inches over the years, use your peak adult height.) Move across the chart until you hit your approximate weight. Then follow that column down to the corresponding BMI number at the bottom of the chart.

Height (cms)	Height	Body Weight (lb.)
147	4' 10"	91	96	100	105	110	115	119	124	129	134	138	143	148	153
150	4' 11"	94	99	104	109	114	119	124	128	133	138	143	148	153	158
152	5' 0"	97	102	107	112	118	123	128	133	138	143	148	153	158	163
155	5' 1"	100	106	111	116	122	127	132	137	143	148	153	158	164	169
157	5' 2"	104	109	115	120	126	131	136	142	147	153	158	164	169	174
160	5' 3"	107	113	118	124	130	135	141	146	152	158	163	169	175	180
163	5' 4"	110	116	122	128	134	140	145	151	157	163	169	174	180	186
165	5' 5"	114	120	126	132	138	144	150	156	162	168	174	180	186	192
168	5' 6"	118	124	130	136	142	148	155	161	167	173	179	186	192	198
170	5' 7"	121	127	134	140	146	153	159	166	172	178	185	191	197	204
173	5' 8"	125	131	138	144	151	158	164	171	177	184	190	197	203	210
175	5' 9"	128	135	142	149	155	162	169	176	182	189	196	203	209	216
178	5' 10"	132	139	146	153	160	167	174	181	188	195	202	207	215	222
180	5' 11"	136	143	150	157	165	172	179	186	193	200	208	215	222	229
183	6' 0"	140	147	154	162	169	177	184	191	199	206	213	221	228	235
BMI		19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32

What Should Be Your BMI?

Your BMI	Remarks	Disease Risk Relative to waist circumference Men > 40 in Women > 35 in	Health Implications
Below 18.5	Underweight
18.5-24.9	Ideal weight	None
25-29.9	Overweight	High	If you have a BMI of 27 or more, you double the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, and gallstones, and are 14 times more likely to contract diabetes.
30-34.9	Obesity Class 1	Very high	If your BMI is over 30, you have 4 times the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, and gallstones, and are 30-50 times more likely to contract diabetes. You are also 4 times more likely to get degenerative arthritis.
35-39.9	Obesity Class 2	Very high
Over 40	Extreme Obesity Class 3	Extremely high

Your BMI, doctors say, should be somewhere between 19 and 30. One large-scale study--the Nurses' Health study, based at Harvard University and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and involving 115,886 women--points to a BMI below 21 as ideal for preventing heart disease in women. The study showed that there was no elevated risk of heart disease among women whose BMIs were under 21. But for women whose BMIs were 21 to 25, the risk was 30 percent higher. Also, the risk of heart disease soared 80 percent higher for women having a BMI of 25 to 29.

In the same study, researchers found that the weight-related risk of cancer begins to rise among women whose BMI was 26, 27 or higher.

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