BMI assignment
Read the attached articles –in the suggested order:
(1) CDC BMI Information for Practitioners
CDC BMI Considerations for Practioners.pdf
(2) Why BMI Is Flawed
Why BMI Is Flawed.pdf
2.2012 Why the Body Mass Index BMI is a Poor Measure of Your Health.pdf
Determine your Waist to Hip Ratio [WHR] Measure your waist-hip ratio. 1. Measure around the waist in the narrowest part, usually just above the belly button. 2. Divide this measurement by the measurement around your hip at its widest part.
Determine your Waist to Height Ratio [WtHR]. To calculate the WtHR, a person should divide their waist size by their height. If the answer is 0.5 or less, the chances are that they have a healthy weight.
1) List the values of your:
(a) Age- 34
(b) BMI- 32.1
(c) Waist to Hip Ratio [WHR] and- 0.91
(d) Waist to Height Ratio [WtHR]- 0.8
(2) For each method (a), (b), and (c)—what would be the value expected if a healthy person of your gender?
(3) How do the values from BMI, Waist to Hip Ratio [WHR], and Waist to Height [WtHR] compare? How well do these three methods agree with each other?
(4) Given what you have learned about the BMI, WHR, and WtHR methods–determine the healthy weight for you, personally. Explain why or how you decided on that number
