Is BMI good for your health? By using the body mass index, illnesses and unhealthy habits can be missed
about 4 hours ago Alice Callahan
The body mass index formula may be simple – take your weight (in kilograms), and divide by the square of your height (in metres) – but is it worth using?
There are few single measures in healthcare that seem to carry as much weight as body mass index, or BMI. We encounter it not just at doctors’ offices, but with online calculators and smart scales, at gyms and even when
Its formula is simple: Take your weight (in kilograms), and divide by the square of your height (in metres).