BMI v BAI

BMI (Body Mass Index)

• Widely used by researches and doctors to determine how fat a person is.
• The value is derived by dividing weight in kilograms by the square of height in metres
• BMI is not as accurate when used to measure, for example, a slim but muscular person, such as an athlete. He may have a high BMI, which would suggest wrongly that he is overweight.

BAI (Body Adiposity Index)

• It uses height and hip measurements to determine overall body fat.
• It is calculated this way: Hip circumference in centimetres, divided by the value of height multiplied by its square root, minus 18.
• The research team says that unlike BMI, BAI, can be used across different racial groups.

Let see...My BMI is 64 / (1.8*1.8)=19.753

My BAI = Waist = 29.5 => Hip est => 32 => 81.28cm

Square root of 1.8 = 1.3416

BAI = 81.28/(1.8*1.34) = 33.657

To calculate your percentage of body fat using the index, you need to measure your height in meters and your hip circumference in centimeters. While guidelines vary, most recommend that women with about 21 to 32 percent body fat are in the healthy range, those with 32 to 38 percent body fat are overweight, and those with above 38 percent body fat are obese. Most recommendations say men with 8 to 20 percent body fat are in the healthy range, those with 20 to 25 percent body fat are overweight, and those that have above 25 percent body fat are obese.

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