By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy
Understanding Your Numbers: The Complete Guide to BMI, Calorie Needs, Body Composition and More
You’ve checked your BMI. Maybe your calorie needs, too. But do you actually know what those numbers mean together — or what to do next?
This free guide bundles all seven Weight Management calculators into one reference, explaining not just how each number is calculated, but how to interpret it, what its real limitations are, and how the seven numbers work together to give you a genuinely complete picture — the same starting points a doctor would use in a first conversation about your health.
What’s inside
- Body Mass Index (BMI) — WHO standard thresholds, explained plainly
- Daily Calorie Needs & BMR — the Mifflin-St Jeor equation, and what “eating at TDEE” actually means
- Ideal Body Weight — the 1974 clinical formula still used in hospitals today
- Protein Requirements — why the RDA is a floor, not a target, for active people
- Daily Water Intake — why “8 glasses a day” is a myth, and what to use instead
- Waist-to-Height Ratio — a screening measure some research links more closely to cardiometabolic risk than BMI alone
- Body Fat Percentage — the US Navy tape-measure method, no equipment needed
- A synthesis chapter on how to use all seven together, not in isolation
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