| Assessing Your Weight and Health Risk Assessment of weight and health risk involves using three key measures:• It is calculated from your height and weight | Refer to the table below to see the different categories based on BMI that is used by the calculator |
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| Underweight women also have a higher chance of miscarriage in the first trimester• BMI is an estimate of body fat and a good gauge of your risk for diseases that can occur with more body fat | BMI is further influenced by factors such as age, sex, ethnicity, muscle mass, and body fat, and activity level, among others |
Moving more can lower your risk factors for heart disease.
21| Persons may consider seeking advice from their healthcare providers on healthy weight status | Tracking your heart health stats can help you meet your heart health goals |
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| Use the "Metric Units" tab for the International System of Units or the "Other Units" tab to convert units into either US or metric units | Low HDL cholesterol "good" cholesterol• Body pains and difficulty with certain physical functions• Certain cancers endometrial, breast, colon, kidney, gallbladder, liver• It is widely used as a general indicator of whether a person has a healthy body weight for their height |
These ranges of BMI vary based on factors such as region and age, and are sometimes further divided into subcategories such as severely underweight or very severely obese.