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Discovering Your Body Mass Index

According to the federal government, nearly 55% of Americans are overweight. That puts them at increased risk for diabetes, elevated blood cholesterol, heart disease, stroke and high blood pressure. Discovering your BMI, or Body Mass Index, will give you a good idea of where you are in the statistics. This measurement describes your weight relative to your height so it correlates with your body fat content. Check out the chart to calculate your own BMI. A BMI of 25 to 29.9 signals that you are overweight while 30 and above is obese.

Sun, 26 Dec 1999 19:50:24 -0800