Morbid Obesity Calculator

What does morbid obesity mean? According to the Mayo Clinic, morbid obesity means a person has a body-mass index greater than 40. Body mass index is a measurement of a person's weight in proportion to height. For a body mass index calculator, click on the link in the "Resources" section of this article.

A BMI greater than 25 may indicate that you are overweight, while a BMI greater than 30 generally indicates obesity. A BMI of 27.8 for men and 27.3 for women is the cutoff point for obesity used in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator for men and women BMI 17.5 - Anorexia, BMI 18.5 - Lowest Normal, BMI 22 - Middle Normal, BMI 24.9 - Highest Normal, BMI 30 - Obesity, BMI 40 - Morbid Obesity.

There is no such thing as a BMI calculator for females or a BMI calculator for males, but as the figures show, the weight distributions of men and women are different. Calculate your Body Mass Index (with this friendly BMI calculator) and compare yourself to other women or men of the same age and height.