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Gastric bypass (GBP) is any of a group of similar operative procedures used to treat morbid obesity, a condition which arises from severe accumulation of excess weight in the form of fatty tissue, and the health problems ("co-morbidities") which result. If you are considering gastric bypass or have had it, join the community where we share our experiences and find support.

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krimicri 03/15/2010

My nutritionist gave me this easy way to calculate your BMI, I thought I would share.

Take your weight in pounds and multiply by 705. Divide that number by your height in inches, and then divide that number by your height in inches again. That is your BMI.

Example: 54 (64 inches) 250 pounds:

250 x 705 = 176250

176250 64 = 2753.9

2753.9 64 = 43

BMI is 43

Jerry1007 03/15/2010

Here's another very easy way:

http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/

Appears to give approx the same result (BMI 42.9 for your numbers)

krimicri 03/15/2010

Yeah, there are a ton of them online, but I am the type who likes to know how things are done so I can do them myself. :D This is the one I usually use, it's a little smaller.. they all work the same though.

http://www.aarp.org/health/healthyliving/bmi_calculator/?CMP=KNC-360I-GOOGLE-HEA&HBX_PK=bmi_calculator&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=bmi%2Bcalculator&utm_campaign=AARP%2Eorg%2BHealth

Jerry1007 03/15/2010

Check this one out - it calculates BMI differently for women and include additional measurements

http://bmicalculatorforfemales.com/default.aspx

Curious if the diff is negligible. Tried it for myself but currently gets a server error

deleted_user 03/15/2010

That last one is really cool Jerry, the BMI for women. I put my measurments in and this is what I got:

Height: 70 inches, Neck: 13.5 inches, Forearm: 12.5 inches.
Wrist: 7 inches, Hips: 42.5 inches, Weight: 195 lbs

24.72 % body fat

That puts me in the healthy range.

When I type my height and weight into the nhlbi site, it comes up with a bmi of 28, which they consider overweight. Interesting the difference between the two.

deleted_user 03/15/2010

ANDY............... WHERE ARE YOU.

Surely someone from Blighty should be saying something about the metric system here.

Weight in KG divided by height in metres squared.

i.e

WEIGHT / (height x height)

See, it's gotta be good for something :-)

And more importantly mine just dipped under 30 last week...... WOO HOO !!!!! 29.6 might be overweight but I never dreamed it would be that low.

Jerry1007 03/15/2010

Callie,

You got me thinking again... :)

I wondered what the actual definition of BMI was. This link came up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index

It's all interesting but check out the section at the bottom on "Limitations and shortcomings"

dcrdiva 03/15/2010

I checked my BMI and before surgery m BMI was 52, that is considered Morbid Obesity, 4 months later my BMI is 39.9 and that is considered Obesity (Class 2)?? Anyhow--CONGRATULATIOS TO ME, I am no longer Morbidly Obese:) Debbie

Jerry1007 03/15/2010

dcrdiva - regardless of how you measure it that's great progress! Congratulations.

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