{"id":33,"date":"2020-01-06T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calculatorsworld.com\/health\/?p=33"},"modified":"2023-10-25T18:07:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T15:07:07","slug":"bmi-formula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calculatorsworld.com\/health\/bmi-formula\/","title":{"rendered":"Body Mass Index (BMI) formula"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here is BMI formula if you don&#8217;t want to use our <a href=\"https:\/\/calculatorsworld.com\/health\/bmi-calculator\/\">Body Mass Index Calculator<\/a> and calculate body mass index manually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>It is very simple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Imperial or English BMI formula<\/strong>:<br>BMI = [weight_in_pounds \/ (height_in_inches * height_in_inches)] *703<br><em>Example<\/em>: weight = 145lbs, height = 6 ft 1 in (ie 73 inches) and BMI = [ 145 \/ (73 * 73) ] * 703 = 19.13<\/li><li><strong>Metric BMI formula<\/strong>:<br>BMI = weight_in_kilograms \/ (height_in_meters * height_in_meters)<br><em>Example<\/em>: weight = 70kg, height = 1.80m and BMI = 70 \/ (1.8 * 1.8) = 21.6<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is how you can do if you want to use this formula with simple calculator on your PC or on phone:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-heading\">Imperial<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>weight_in_pounds<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>\/<\/strong><\/li><li> <strong>height_in_inches <\/strong><\/li><li>\/<\/li><li> <strong>height_in_inches <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>*<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>703<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>=<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-heading\">Metric<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> <strong>weight_in_kilograms<\/strong><\/li><li>\/<\/li><li> <strong>height_in_meters<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>\/<\/strong><\/li><li> <strong>height_in_meters<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>=<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Check <a title=\"BMI charts\" href=\"https:\/\/calculatorsworld.com\/health\/bmi-chart-men-women-metric\/\">BMI charts<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/calculatorsworld.com\/health\/bmi-chart-men-women-imperial\/\">imperial<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/calculatorsworld.com\/health\/bmi-chart-men-women-metric\/\">metric<\/a>) into which category your Body Mass Index falls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is BMI formula to calculate body mass index manually. 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