Staying healthy is what it's all about!

Stephen L. Blythe, D.O.

Board Certified, Family Practice

Nutritionist

Machias, Maine 04654

BMI Calculator

BMI, or Body Mass Index, is the most common "fatness" index used today. It is based on your weight and your height only - so someone who is a body-builder who is extremely muscular may have a high calculated BMI even though they do not have much body fat. For most of us, however, it is a good simple calculation to let us know where we stand.  A BMI below 27 is considered "normal weight" (below 17 is underweight), a BMI of 27 to 30 is "overweight", and a BMI over 30 is considered "obese". 

The calculator below will tell you your BMI and plot it on a graph - you cannot change your height, but you can get an estimate of what weight you would need to reach to reduce your BMI to a better number. (And you can repeat the calculation with various weights).