Tuesday, February 23, 2016

BMI calculator from Mayo Clinic

Adult BMI calculator based on 2013 AHA/ACC/TOS Guideline for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and The Obesity Society. BMI classification. World Health Organization. http://apps.who.int/bmi/index.jsp?introPage=intro_3.html.
 http://www.mayoclinic.org/bmi-calculator/itt-20084938




In addition to healthy eating, the site recommends 
  • Exercise. Aim for 30 to 60 minutes of moderately intense activity daily.

  • Set action goals focused on specific healthy activities such as improving muscle tone through strength training or starting a daily food and activity diary.

1 comment:

Geo said...

The issue with using an "improved" measure of BMI in a BMI calculator is that it might be divorced from previous studies which establish correlations between certain levels of classically-calculated BMI and all-cause mortality and certain diseases like Type II Diabetes. A classical BMI calculator might thus still be preferred depending on the case at hand.