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What is the body mass index (BMI)? The body mass index (BMI) is a measure that uses your height and weight to work out if your weight is healthy. The BMI calculation divides an adult's weight in kilograms by their height in metres squared. For example, A BMI of 25 means 25kg/m 2 . BMI ranges For most adults, an ideal BMI is in the 18.5 to 24.9 range. For children and young people aged 2 to 18, the BMI calculation takes into account age and gender as well as height and weight. If your BMI is: below 18.5 – you're in the underweight range between 18.5 and 24.9 – you're in the healthy weight range between 25 and 29.9 – you're in the overweight range between 30 and 39.9 – you're in the obese range  If you want to calculate your BMI, see  How can I work out my BMI?  or try our  healthy weight calculator .  Accuracy of BMI BMI takes into account natural variat...

The Benefits of Healthy Habits Controls weight Improves mood Combats diseases Boosts energy Improves longevity Takeaway The impact of good health You know that healthy habits, such as eating well, exercising, and avoiding harmful substances, make sense, but did you ever stop to think about why you practice them? A healthy habit is any behavior that benefits your physical, mental, and emotional health. These habits improve your overall well-being and make you feel good. Healthy habits are hard to develop and often require changing your mindset. But if you’re willing to make sacrifices to better your health, the impact can be far-reaching, regardless of your age, sex, or physical ability. Here are five benefits of a healthy lifestyle. Controls weight Controls weight Eating right and exercising regularly can help you avoid excess weight gain and maintain a healthy weight. According to the Mayo Clinic , ...

       How to change your bad habits We all have them — bad habits that we wish we didn’t have but feel pessimistic about changing. Maybe you know you really have to spend less time on  Facebook  or playing online games. Or perhaps you’ve tried a dozen times to  quit smoking . Or maybe even thinking about getting more exercise makes you feel too tired to start. Whatever habit you’re trying to break, somehow you haven’t found the key to success. Search no more. Bad habits can be broken. Really. Here are 7 tips from the researchers who research such things: 1. Cut yourself some slack.  Habits are hard to change because, well, they’re habits. There’s a reason why they are hard to break. We actually need most of the habits we have. We go through most of our days engaging in good habits, routines and activities. If we didn’t, everything we did every day would be something we’d have to think about. Instead, we’re wired to learn and put...

                                            Bad health habits We all know about the bad habits we have that can cause serious health problems – such as smoking, eating junk food and living a sedentary lifestyle. 1. Skipping breakfast Time is tight in the morning, and grabbing just a coffee for breakfast seems like the only option. The effects: If you skip breakfast your system will slow down to conserve energy and store calories; this will affect your metabolism and your ability to concentrate, says Gloria Tsang, a registered dietitian from Vancouver and the founder of nutrition website HealthCastle.com. You'll likely overcompensate by eating more at lunch. What's more, studies in the American Journal of Epidemiology show that breakfast-skippers are more likely to be not just overweight, but obese. 2. Eating your kids' leftovers When your kids leave the table, they'r...

                       Good health habits The 8 Habits of Healthy Living 1. Stop smoking . This is by far the most important habit, as it affects almost every single one of the leading causes of death. It’s also the hardest of these habits to change. It’s not at all impossible — I quit six years ago next month ( read my tips ). 2. Lose weight  (if you’re overweight). This is not exactly a habit — the best habit to form to lose weight is to eat less. Or eat more of things that don’t have a lot of calories, like fruits and veggies. Being overweight is just below smoking the worst risk factor for many diseases. 3. Exercise . You don’t need me to tell you to exercise, but listen to this: lack of exercise is a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke, colon & rectal cancers, diabetes, breast cancer, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. If you don’t exercise, you’re just asking to get a major disease. It’s al...

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