Lawrence J. Cheskin, M.D., F.A.C.P., is Associate Professor of Health, Behavior & Society, with a joint appointment in Human Nutrition, and in Medicine at Johns Hopkins. He is also former director of the Gastroenterology Division, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Cheskin founded the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center in 1990. He is the principal investigator on several research grants and is a frequent contributor to research and popular articles on weight management.
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The normal range of BMI is from 18.5 to 25. Of course, genetics and luck play a large role in health as well. There are many obese people who will stay healthy, and thin people who will not. Staying physically fit seems to improve health, even among people who are obese.
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Definitely. There is a direct relationship between a high BMI and a higher risk of early death, as well as a correlation with certain diseases: diabetes, heart disease, stroke (as a result of increasing the rates of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type-2 diabetes), even arthritis and certain ca
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A normal BMI reading (18.5 to 25) means you're more likely to be healthy than someone who is obese, but lots of other factors influence health.
For example, eating a nutritious, balanced diet improves health risks, as does staying physically active, not smoking, not drinking alcohol to excess, and avoiding
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While not a direct measure of fat in the body (for all but very muscular people) BMI usually reflects an accurate degree of obesity.
For those people who are particularly muscular, the BMI index may overestimate obesity because it doesn’t take body composition into account. A very muscular football player, for example,
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The formula for BMI is in metric units: kilograms per meter-squared. If you don’t want to convert your height and weight to metric, there are multiple calculators on the web to use (search for “BMI calculator), or you can use the following non-metric formula: 704 times (X) pounds of body weight, divided
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