Body mass index - commonly known by the acronym BMI Body Mass Index English name - is used to assess the extent of a thin or fat.
This index can help identify a person obese or malnourished patients.
The calculation
Call W is the weight of a person (in kg) and H is the height of that person (in m), body mass index is calculated by the formula:
Classification of fat or thin
Based on mathematical statistics, one can calculate the position of the percentile BMI values corresponding age and sex. The causes of obesity are now but a lot of the reason is mainly due to misconceptions about eating