Welcome, Body Mass Index seeker.

Calculate your Body Mass Index and compare yourself to friends with a similar age and height.

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kg/m²

Many Women use this page, but...

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...Men may prefer to bookmark this bmi calculator instead.

Body Description:
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Your weight is at the

according to your age and height.

(This is your Weight Percentile, compared to other Americans)

If at 50^th percentile, you are close to average weight.
At 90^th percentile, your weight is greater than 90% of others.
At 20^th percentile, then 80% of others weigh more than you.

Try this Ideal Weight calculator, which adjusts for your age and current weight.

Body Mass Index (BMI) can be used to indicate if you are overweight, obese, underweight or normal. It will, however, overestimate fatness in people who are muscular or atheletic. Because of these problems, this body mass index calculator shows extra statistics to help you be informed and judge your own body compared to others of the same height and age.

Women tend to believe they look their best at values between 20 to 22 and men are usually satisfied with a BMI of 23 to 25. If your BMI is between 17 to 22, your life expectancy is longer than average. You don't need to lose weight.

If your BMI is between 23 and 25, you are not considered overweight by most people. But if your BMI is 26 or more, that's not good. But you knew that already.

Above all, Don't Worry, Be Happy. Its unhealthy to have anxiety over a less-than-perfect body image. And, if this calculator's description of your body seems wrong for you, just trust your own judgment. A healthy mental attitude is just as important as physical fitness.