Body Mass Index
Weight-for-height index, reported against both WHO and Asian-Indian cut-offs.
When to use it. Screening adults for underweight, overweight and obesity.
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Limits of this score. BMI cannot tell muscle from fat. It over-calls obesity in a muscular athlete and under-calls it in an older person who has lost muscle. It is not valid in pregnancy or in children, who need age-and-sex growth charts.
Sources
- WHO Expert Committee. Physical Status: The Use and Interpretation of Anthropometry. WHO Technical Report Series 854. Geneva, 1995.
- Misra A, et al. Consensus statement for diagnosis of obesity, abdominal obesity and the metabolic syndrome for Asian Indians. J Assoc Physicians India. 2009.
Where this is written from. This site is written from Indian clinical practice. Drug availability and brand names, vaccination schedules, national health programmes and some reference cut-offs differ between countries — a schedule or a threshold that is standard here may not be standard where you are. If you are reading outside India, check anything on this page against your own country’s guidance before you act on it.
Educational use only — not medical advice. Never a substitute for clinical judgement.