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This SBMI chart shows your BMI value and its age-dependent significance for the health. Your value is marked in the centre of the highlighted area.
Calculation
The calculation of the body mass index is based on a height of 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm) and a weight of 97 pounds (44.0 kilogrammes). If it does not seem to be correct, feel free to check your entries.
BMI = 14
Your body mass index (BMI) is calculated as exactly 14.3 kilogrammes per square metre.
Health aspects
Your weight is at a very low level; in our view, it may lead to serious health problems. By classification of the WHO, you are "underweight".
SBMI = 6/70
This assessment is based on the newly developed Smart Body Mass Index. Its ideal range is between 30/70 and 39/70.
Your Smart Body Mass Index (SBMI) is calculated as 6/70 or "6 points out of 70".
Things that you may want to discuss with your doctor
It is important to know whether a serious disease or deliberate weight loss has caused the emaciation. Whatever the case, medical help is advisable.
Possible causes
- Undernourishment
- Maldigestion
Possible measures
- Set a weight target
- Nutritional
- Psychological: coaching, therapy
- Disease-specific therapy
Important to know
This feedback can only be based on the inevitably limited extent of the data that you have entered here. This data has been evaluated by comparing it with the results of the most comprehensive study published so far on the BMI and its associated health risks.
The results and comments above can only give you an estimate that applies to all women of Asian origin at 26 years of age with a body mass index of 14, as a statistical group. They are non-personal. They should never replace medical advice. Read more...
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About this calculator
What you should know about the BMI
How the body mass index is calculated and why the old formula is still in use.
