Calculators
Body Mass Index Calculator
Significance of Body Mass Index (BMI):
Body Mass Index can be used to indicate if you are overweight, obese or underweight. As an individual's body mass index has shown to be highly correlated with life expectancy and a high BMI is one of the primary risk factors in cardiovascular disease (National Heart, Blood and Lung, Institute, 1985)...
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Waist to Hip Ratio Calculator
Significance:
While high levels of body fat and a high BMI are a key risk in heart disease, an even more predictive measure relates to how this body fat is DISTRIBUTED. It has long been know that those who carry most of their fat below the waist in the hips and buttocks (pear shaped or gynoid) are far less susceptible to heart disease than those who carry their fat above the waist (apple shaped or android)...
