Body Mass Index Calculator
- Publisher: Walneide Mattos
- Genre: Health & Fitness
- Released: 24 Jul, 2010
- Size: 10.1 MB
- Price: FREE!
- App Store Info
Description
#1 Health app in Portugal, Liberia, Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe on AppStore since 2011.The body mass index (BMI), or Quetelet index, is a statistical measure of body weight based on a person's weight and height.
Though it does not actually measure the percentage of body fat, it is used to estimate a healthy body weight based on a person's height.
Due to its ease of measurement and calculation, it is the most widely used diagnostic tool to identify weight problems within a population, usually whether individuals are underweight, overweight or obese.