Body Mass Index calculator

What is my BMI?

Nowadays the BMI (Body Mass Index) calculation is the most popular and well-known method to determine whether you are overweight. The index uses height and weight measurements to get to a number which indicates whether one is healthy, overweight, or underweight. This calculator also advises you how much weight you would need to gain or lose in order to reach your ideal BMI number.

A higher than average weight is a significant health risk. Being overweight dramatically increases the risk of coronary artery disease, stroke and diabetes as well as increasing the chance of the growth and development of certain tumors. High blood pressure is more likely to appear amongst overwight people.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 1.4 billion people are either overweight or obese. In a 2009 study, 62% of the hungarian population is overweight and 27% is considered obese. 

Nowadays, numerous diets have become widespread, of which we will summarise the most well-known.

Atkins diet: Notoriously popular over the last few decades. The key is to restrict the consumption of carbohydrates, whilst allowing an unlimited intake of proteins. When followed, the diet tells us to avoid sugar, bread, rice, potatoes and pasta whilst allowing essentially any high-protein food. With the absence of carbohydrates, the body begins to burn fat as its fuel. Expert-opinion suggests that the Atkins diet hides some dangerous risks. 

Blood Type diet: A relatively new diet. It is based on the idea that the same food affects different people differently - namely, those with different blood types. In this way our diet is put together according to the ideal foods for out blood type. 

Macrobiotic diet:  The combination of the greek words macro (meaning long) and bio (meaning life), the macrobiotic diet has a long past. The point is to consume organic whole foods, locally grown vegetables and prohibits the consumption of processed foods. Macrobiotic foods: wheat, vegetables, fish, soya, tofu. Prohibited foods: bread, meat and dairy products.

Paleo (paleolithic) diet: Perhaps the most popular diet, even despite the critical response. The aim of paleo is to return our diet to that of our ancestors in the paleolithic age - who were hunter-gatherers and so their range of foods was rather limited: lean-meat, eggs, seeds, nuts, fruits and vegetables.

It's also worth calculating how many calories we can consume in a day, in order to prevent obesity. 

What is my BMI?
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