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:: BMI calculator

Body mass index (BMI) is measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women.. BMI does not differentiate between body fat and muscle mass. Therefore, body builders and people who have a lot of muscle bulk will have a high BMI but are not overweight.

Fat predominantly distributed around the waist is also a risk factor for health complications such as cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes. Fat predominantly deposited around the hips and buttocks doesn't have this same risk.

:: Optimal weight calculator

For an Ideal body weight, you should keep Body Mass Index between 18.5 and 25.

Body mass index (BMI) is measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women.. BMI does not differentiate between body fat and muscle mass. Therefore, body builders and people who have a lot of muscle bulk will have a high BMI but are not overweight.

Being overweight or underweight can affect your health
If you are overweight
If you are overweight (BMI over 25), you may develop:

• Cardiovascular (heart and blood circulation) disease
• Gall bladder disease
• High blood pressure (hypertension)
• Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
• Osteoarthritis-this is induced by the excess weight of obesity and can be a
  major problem. If inadequately managed it can be a barrier to adequate
  weight loss.
• Certain types of cancer, i.e. breast, colon, endometrium and prostate.
• Social implications that is often neglected.

If you are underweight
If you are underweight (BMI less than 20), you may develop:

• Malnourishment
• Compromised immune function
• Respiratory disease
• Tuberculosis (an infection of the lung)
• Digestive (stomach) disease
• Cancer
• Osteoporosis.

Fat predominantly distributed around the waist is also a risk factor for health
complications such as cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes.
Fat predominantly deposited around the hips and buttocks doesn't have this same risk.

:: Waist-hip ratio

Where you carry weight may be as important as how much weight you carry.

Research shows that carrying fat around the middle, or having an apple-shaped physique, increases the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and diabetes. Carrying fat in the hips and thighs, or having a pear shape, is not as harmful to your health.

The waist-hip-ratio calculates the relation between hip and waist circumference and tells you if you are rather an "apple" or "pear" type.

The apple type:

The apple type has normal shoulders and gains weight in the stomach region.

The pear type has narrow shoulders and is relatively thin around the chest. The waist is normal. The pear type gains weight at the waist and upper thighs.

The pear type is found more often by women and the apple type by men. An overweighted apple type has a larger risk of getting a heart attack, whereas the pear type is less likely to get heart or circulatory diseases.

:: How to calculate your Waist-Hip-Ratio

Measure your waist at the narrowest point of your relaxed stomach. Your hips are measured on the widest place. Enter both measurements in the fields in inches. Get your Waist-Hip-Ratio by clicking the button. Men should have a Waist-Hip-Ratio of less than 1.0 and women not higher than 0.85. Please note that you risk health problems if your Waist-Hip-Ratio is much higher than the indicated figures.

:: Smoking cost calculator

There are many reasons to quit smoking. The financial cost is just one.
Learn how much you spend on cigarettes. It might just be the reason you decide to quit.
Quitting smoking not only "greatly reduces serious risks to your health" but it also can greatly increase your disposable income.

:: Nicotine dependence calculator

Nicotine can act as both a stimulant and a sedative. Most cigarettes in the market today
contain 2-10 milligrams (mg) or more of nicotine. Through inhaling smoke, the average
smoker takes in 1 to 2 mg nicotine per cigarette. There have been substantial increases
in the sale and consumption of smokeless tobacco products also, and more recently, in
cigar sales.

Click here find out more about nicotine

:: Calorie calculator

Do you want to know how many calories you burn?
Coming soon is a calorie calculator, where you can find out approximately
how many calories per minute you are burning while doing certain exercises or activity.

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