If you are pursuing a carreer in modeling you should take a minute and find your BMI. BMI stands for Body Mass Index and is the calculation used to see if a person is in a healthy weight zone for their height and weight.

Before I give you the formula keep in mind that this is only an approximation since a direct measurement is not taken and is based on research of what “most” people fit into.

The government has this definition of BMI from the cdc

What is BMI?

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a person’s weight and height. BMI is a reliable indicator of body fatness for people. BMI does not measure body fat directly, but research has shown that BMI correlates to direct measures of body fat, such as underwater weighing and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA).^{1, 2} BMI can be considered an alternative for direct measures of body fat. Additionally, BMI is an inexpensive and easy-to-perform method of screening for weight categories that may lead to health problems.

Being above or below is considered unhealthy.

Here is how you figure it out…

Take your height in inches and square it ( multipty your height X your height) so if you are 5 feet or 60 inches it would be 60 x 60 or 3600. Write that down

Now get your weight in pounds.

Using a calculator take (weight) / (the number you wrote height x height) X 703

so your weight times height squared times 703. That is your BMI

Here is the formula again.

Formula: weight (lb) / [height (in)]² x 703

Example: Weight = 150 lbs, Height = 5’5” (65″)
Calculation: [150 ÷ (65)²] x 703 = 24.96

You now have a number, look at the chart below and see where you fit in

Body Mass Index Chart

 Here is another chart that shows BMI

If you find yourself in the high area of this chart, here is a wacky flip flop shoe diet you can try.