Body Mass Index For Adults
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a numeric value calculated from your weight in relationship to your height. Your BMI is a good indicator of healthy or unhealthy weights for adult men and women. BMI’s of 25 or higher indicate people who are more likely to develop heart disease and the possibility of strokes, even if they don’t have any other health risk factors.
Body Mass Index For Children
The Body Mass Index (BMI) results will indicate if you are in the normal range based on your height and weight. Health professionals recommend that your BMI should be between 19.5 and 24.9. You may be an athlete with a low body fat percentage and your BMI may be in the 27 to 29 range.
Weight Maintenance
The Weight Maintenance calculator provides an estimate of how many calories you would need to consume daily in order to maintain your existing weight and also what level of intake would be required for moderate and extreme fat loss. As your activity level increases, your calorie intake level should also increase; this makes the activity level you choose critical for an accurate result.
Ideal Body Weight
The Ideal Body Weight calculator considers height, body frame size and gender. The healthy weight range is based on a healthy body mass (BMI). Individuals with weights above the healthy weight range may be at higher risk for developing health problems. Always consult your physician for more information regarding your health risks and your healthy body weight. The healthy body weight calculator accounts for pregnancy, nursing, the endurance of strenuous activity (athlete or body builder), children under 18 years of age or people under 5 feet or over 7 feet tall.
Lean Body Mass
Lean Body Mass (LBM) is an estimate that considers height, weight, and gender coupled with waist, neck, and hip sizes to find out how much you weigh without body fat. The LBM is basically the weight of your bones, organs, and muscles. This is a critical number to know when trying to lose or gain weight. Your LBM can help you make an accurate gauge of how your training is working since you will be able to determine how much muscle you need to gain in order to lose fat.
Lose One Pound
The Lose One Pound calculator shows you a variety of activities such as exercises and sports and the time period you must perform that specific activity in order to lose one pound. You can now see how long it takes to lose a pound by considering a variety of ways that suit your personal lifestyle.
Calories Burned
The Calories Burned Calculator estimates the number of calories that you will burn performing a specific list of activities, exercises or sports per time period you designate. You can now quickly determine the effects of your physical activities with ease.
Waist to Hip
Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR) has shown to correlate strongly with general health and fertility. Women within the 0.7 range and men within the 0.9 range have been shown to be more healthy. Women within the 0.7 range are less susceptible to major disease such as ovarian cancers, cardiovascular disorders and diabetes and have higher levels of estrogen. Men with WHR in the 0.9 range have been shown to be less prone to testicular and prostate cancer.