How Do You Read Body Mass Index?
Even though getting a body index mass number is easy, knowing how to read it is another matter entirely. You need to know, for instance, whether low numbers or high numbers are better, and whether the numbers need to be read differently depending on gender, race or ethnicity. Fortunately, reading a body mass index chart is easy to learn. Obtain your body mass index number. In order to get this number divide your weight in pounds by your height, in inches, squared, and multiplying the result by 703. For most people, the number will be somewhere between 18 and 30. Look up a body mass index chart. These can be easily located on the Internet, most notably Wikipedia’s color-coded body mass index chart (see Resources below). The Heart Lung and Blood Institute also offers a body mass index chart, as well as an online body mass index calculator to aid people in their calculations (see Resources below). Find your body mass index number. Most body mass index charts have the body mass index group
