BMI Calculator

What Is The BMI Formula?

Adolphe Quetelet
1796 -1874

The Body Mass Index(BMI) formula was developed by Belgium statistician Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874), and was known as the Quetelet Index. BMI is also referred to as 'body mass indicator'. BMI is an internationally used measure of obesity.
How to calculate BMI - for users who wish to manually calculate BMI we have provided a bmi formula for both imperial & metric measurements (we also offer an online BMI Calculator).
Body mass index calculation is very straightforward. Calculating body mass index requires only two measurements, height & weight.

Imperial BMI Formula

The imperial bmi formula accepts weight measurements in pounds & height measurements in either inches or feet.
1 foot = 12 inches
inches² = inches * inches

BMI                 = ( lbs/inches² )	(weight in pounds * 703 )
	————————————
	height in inches²

 

Metric Imperial BMI Formula

The metric bmi formula accepts weight measurements in kilograms & height measurements in either cm's or meters.
1 meter = 100cms
meters² = meters * meters

BMI                 = ( kg/m² )	weight in kilograms
	————————————
	height in meters²

BMI Calculator

BMI
Underweight Below	18.5
Normal	18.5 - 24.9
Overweight	25.0 - 29.9
Obesity	30.0 and Above

While you get your BMI figure, you may get your ideal body weight . It may be vary for different people