Calculate Your Body Mass Index (BMI)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) created a list of guidelines and criteria to determine qualified candidates for bariatric surgery.
Candidates must:
- Have tried and failed other weight loss management regimens.
- Be healthy enough for surgery.
- Have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 kg/m2 or higher - approximately 100 pounds overweight.
- Patients may qualify if their BMI is between 35 and 40 AND have a significant obesity-related disease such as hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia.
Calculate Your BMI
BMI CALCULATOR
Your BMI: --
BMI Scale
- BMI < 20
- Underweight
- BMI 20 – 24.9
- Healthy Weight
- BMI 25 – 29.9
- Overweight
- BMI 30 – 34.9
- Obesity
- BMI 35 – 39.9
- Severe Obesity
- BMI 40 – 49.9
- Morbid Obesity
- BMI > 50
- Super Morbid Obesity