The BMI (Body Mass Index) has become a useful tool in managing weight and body fat percentage in the last 20 years. Calculating it requires only simple arithmetic and can be performed by anyone. It’s important because it provides an objective measurement that, combined with the appropriate scale for age and body type, helps someone [...]

Body mass index is the number given to the relationship between your height and your weight.  The reason behind having this sort of a measure is that people with different heights should have different ideal weights; not all women should be of one weight and all men of another weight.  Someone who is six feet [...]