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BMI — Weight in pounds / [height in inches X height in inches] X 703
for example:
For someone who is 5-foot-7, or 67 inches, and weighs 220 pounds the calculation would look like this:
220 divided by 4,489 (67 X 67) multiplied by 703 equals 34.45 BMI
Body mass index
Underweight: 18.5 or below
Healthy: 18.5-24.9
Overweight: 25-29.9
Obese: 30-39.9
Morbidly obese: 40 and above
BMIs of famous people
* Pres. Bush: 26
* Tom Cruise: 26
* Vin Diesel: 26
* Keanu Reeves: 29
* Bruce Willis: 29
[SOURCES: AN EPIDEMIC OF OBESITY MYTHS; HEIGHT AND WEIGHT MEASUREMENTS WERE OBTAINED THROUGH ONLINE ACTOR DATA, PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS AND ATHLETIC FIGURES FROM ESPN]
