Waist-to-Height Ratio: A Simple Extra Check Beyond BMI
Learn how to measure your waist, work out your waist-to-height ratio, and why many health guides use it alongside BMI.
Health Guides
General-information guides to common health measurements.
How to Measure Your Height and Weight Accurately for BMI
Simple steps to measure height and weight accurately at home, how to convert feet, inches and pounds, and how small errors change your BMI.
Healthy Weight Range by Height: A Simple BMI-Based Chart
A height by height table of the weight range that falls in the standard BMI band, and why it is a guide rather than a verdict.
How to Calculate BMI (and What the Number Doesn’t Tell You)
Learn the BMI formula in metric and imperial units, see a worked example, and understand what BMI can and cannot say about your health.