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BMI Calculator

BMI or Body Mass Index is a useful measurement to help determine if you are overweight or obese. It is calculated from your height and weight (actually by dividing your weight in kilograms by the square of your height in meters). BMI is an estimate of your body fat based on your weight and height and how that compares to "average" people. The higher your BMI, the higher your risk for certain diseases such as heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, gallstones, breathing problems, and certain cancers.

Limitations on BMI Usage

For most folks, BMI provides a useful guage of their healthy weight, but it does have some limitations. If you are an athlete or have a muscular build, it may overestimate your body fat (it assumes the extra muscle weight to be body fat). On the other hand, it may underestimate the body fat in older folks or others who have lost muscle mass for some reason (it assumes a certain percentage of your weight to be muscle mass, and if you have lost that muscle, but still carry the weight, it will underestimate your body fat). Check with your doctor if you have questions about how to read your BMI.

Useful Tools

BMI calculator

Underweight? Normal? Overweight? Obese? Where are you vs. the “average” body mass?

Symptom diary

Keeping track of your symptoms is key to knowing how your diets and other treatments are working – or aren’t.

Food log

Tracking what you eat helps you and your medical provider learn your triggers.

What’s in your food and how much do you need?

Individual food labels based on USDA data.

Grocery items and restaurant foods

Food labels for almost a million different packaged and restaurant foods.

Milk alternatives

Milk-like beverages for those who can’t drink cow’s milk.

Healthy recipes

Healthy recipes to add nutrition and variety to your table.

Testimonials

Bailey Koch, RD, CSP, LD
Atlanta Pediatric Nutrition Member; Medical Advisory Board, Nutrition4Kids.com and Nutrition4IBD.com

There is a wealth of information available on the internet making it impossible for individuals without special training in nutrition to sift through and determine what is scientifically sound and what is not.  Developing the Nutrition4Kids website was a powerful solution to this problem.  We have worked tirelessly to create a resource for parents, children and providers that would be a safe place for them to obtain accurate information.  We have already made a difference with patients as well as helping many medical professionals navigate appropriate nutrition interventions. 

Dr. Ben D Gold
President, North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

56% of kids eat poor diets, loaded with salt and processed food while getting less than half of their needed vegetables, and, yet have never received any type of education and/or direction to promote good eating habits and exercise.  Nutrition4Kids was created with the goal to change this and other frightening statistics and to improve the nutrition and health of families whether the kids are well or have medical problems where nutrition can help.

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