BMI (Body Mass Index) classification for Asians

Body Mass Index for Asians

If you are an Asian you may be in a trouble, if you compare your BMI values with the WHO accepted world wide body mass index ranges. That is because they are not same even though the method of calculation is same. Therefore it is better to concentrate on WHO guideline on the Asian BMI values.However it is important to know what is BMI and the WHO classification on BMI. According to that we can get Underweight(under normal), Average (normal), Overweight(above normal) and the obese. The classification of these categories done according to the world wide average weights in related to the height.But, in the Asian countries it is significantly different from the average values of body mass index for world figure. Therefore WHO has made values for classification of BMI for the Asian countries.

What is BMI (Body Mass Index)

Comparison of weight and the height

Do you want to know is your body adequately build...?. Sure most of the people concern of their built of the body. Because it is a good indicator of a health of a person. Also it will shows the musculature and the shape of the body. Therefore in the current days it is used as a indicator of determining health of a person which is known as "Body Mass Index". The body mass index is the ration of the weight and the square of height of a person.