Things You Ought To Know About Your health
MY BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) One of the secrets to a good and healthy lifestyle is knowing your body mass index. Body mass index (BMI) is a statistical measure of your weight scaled according to your height. Body mass index is a relatively new term on the American diet scene. It has, though, been around for some time. Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet who lived from 1796 to 1854 created the idea of the body mass index. This Belgian mathematician was famous both in his time and ours for implementing systems of numbers, which could actually help our lives. It was originally called the Quetelet Index. Doctors and researchers now suggest that this is the best way to calculate obesity and overweight numbers in the most accurate fashion. It is a simple index of weight-for-height and is widely used by medical, health and fitness professionals to classify underweight, overweight and obesity in adults. BMI is a useful tool and for most individuals is an a...