When seeing this BMI, many people may not be able to react immediately, even doctors. So, what is this BMI? After careful search in our minds, we find that this BMI is an English abbreviation for Body Mass Index, which is a value obtained by dividing body weight (in kilograms) by the square of height (in meters). According to the body mass index, we can indirectly determine (not directly determine) whether we are healthy. In fact, the body mass index is mainly used as one of the criteria for evaluating whether a person is overweight or underweight.

How much is the normal range of bmi?

BMI is an abbreviation of Body Mass Index, and it is also a key standard for evaluating the level of obesity and health at present internationally. Its calculation method is body weight divided by the square of height (standard unit kg/㎡).

In normal conditions, the normal range of BMI is 18.5-24.0. If it is ≥24.0 and <28.0, it is overloading; if it is ≥28.0, it is obesity; if it is <18.5, it is underweight. For example, a woman with a height of 1.6m and a weight of 65kg, her BMI is 60/(1.6m^2) = 23.437, which belongs to normal weight.

Of course, in addition to BMI, we can also calculate the body weight by fetal abdominal circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, etc., to determine whether the body weight is normal. The causes of overloading and obesity are also relatively numerous and common.

For example: poor diet, long-term alcoholism, and lack of exercise, all of which can cause obesity, everyone should pay attention to this. Obesity can cause a series of complications. In order to maintain their health, everyone needs to pay attention to controlling their body weight, and overweight people need to lose weight.

Then, what is the normal body mass index for women? The normal range of women’s body mass index is 19-24.

Then, what are the abnormalities in the body mass index of women? What should we pay attention to?

1, If women friends have malnutrition, their body weight is too light, and their body mass index is usually below 19, which is one of the main manifestations of malnutrition, indicating that women cannot save money on food and need to increase certain nutrients. They also need to pay attention to their own nutritional balance, not be picky, and the reduction of immunity in malnutrition patients is easy to cause diseases.

2, If there is overloading, the body mass index range of women friends is 24-29, overloading reminds us that we eat too much, and the total calories intake is too high, which is easy to cause atherosclerotic plaques, heart diseases, diabetes and hypertension, reminding everyone to control the total calorie intake of food daily.

3, If women friends have obesity, their body mass index is usually over 29, and even up to 34, obesity can bring many inconveniences to our daily life.