As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.

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The actual calculation is your weight (in kilograms) divided by your height (in metres) squared but it's also easy to read on the chart. BMI can be divided into several categories and generally ...

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The Global Commission on Clinical Obesity is recommending a new approach which focuses on other measures of excess body fat and objective symptoms of ill health as well as the BMI. The commission ...

Based on the chart below, you can calculate your BMI to see if it indicates you are underweight, a healthy weight, overweight, or obese. If you score below 18.5, then your BMI is underweight.