BODY MASS INDEX

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BODY MASS INDEX

• By Mr. Mader

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WHAT IS BMI?

• A MATHEMATICAL EQUATION
• INDICATOR OF BODY FAT
• RELATIVE TO THE RISKS OF HEART DISEASE AND DEATH
• VALID FOR MEN AND WOMEN

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IS BMI ACCURATE FOR EVERYONE?

• HAS SOME LIMITS
• OVERESTIMATES BODY FAT IN ATHLETES AND PEOPLE
  WITH A MUSCULAR BUILD
• UNDERESTIMATES BODY FAT IN OLDER PEOPLE AND THOSE
  WHO HAVE LOST MUSCLE MASS

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HOW DO YOU CALCULATE BMI?

• BMI (____Weight in
  Pounds          ) (Height in inches)
  x (Height in inches)) x 703
• FIRST MULTIPLY YOU HEIGHT IN INCHES TIMES YOUR
  HEIGHT IN INCHES
• DIVIDE THAT NUMBER BY YOUR WEIGHT IN POUNDS
• THEN MULTIPLY THAT BY 703
• EXAMPLE
• 70 INCHES X 70 INCHES 4900
• 200 LBS / 4900 0.0408163
• 0.0408163 X 703 28.69

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ONCE I GET MY SCORE WHAT DOES THAT TELL ME?
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IF MY BMI IS IN A RISK CATEGORY WHAT AM I AT RISK
FOR?

• HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE- HYPERTENSION
• HIGH LDL CHOLESTEROL- BAD CHOLESTEROL
• LOW HDL CHOLESTEROL- GOOD CHOLESTEROL
• HIGH BLOOD GLUCOSE- SUGAR
• HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES

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RESOURCES

• www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/bmi

• www.pe1.org

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DR. SWITCHENKO (PROFESSOR ECSU)