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Balanced nutrition is all about ensuring adequate intake of nutrients that we need every day. The nutrients we need on a daily basis are :

Protein, Carbohydrates, Essential fats, Vitamins, Herbs, and Water

While carbohydrates and fats can be stored in our body, we need to consume nutrients like protein, vitamins and minerals daily to maintain good health.

Nutrition helps us in Growth and development, improving immunity, detoxification, anti-aging, fertility and increasing energy levels and vitality.

Good nutrition results in overall wellness.

The basic principles of weight management revolve around the intake and expenditure of calories. To maintain weight one must ensure that the calories consumed are equal to the calories expended.

To know if your weight is in the healthy range check your Body Mass Index (BMI) and body fat percentage.

BODY MASS INDEX

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women. BMIdoes not actually measure the percentage of body fat.

BODY FAT PERCENTAGE

Body fat percentage is simply the percentage of fat that your body contains. For your body to function properly it is essential that your body contains a certain amount of fat. Body fat helps regulate your body temperature, it cushions and insulate organs and is the main form of the body's energy storage. It is important for everyone to have a healthy amount of body fat.

Your body fat percentage is calculated by taking your age, height and weight, gender and waist measurement into account. Use body fat calculator below to determine your body fat percentage for you. Your results will help you determine a healthy and realistic weight loss goal based on the information you provide.

BASAL METABOLIC RATE

The BMR or Basal Metabolic Rate is the calorie your body needs to function when you are in complete rest.

                                                             ABOUT THE CALCULATOR

This calorie calculator uses Height and Circumference method to measure percentage of your body fat. It is the simplest and fastest method for estimating your body fat percentage. In study, this method was shown to be as accurate as skin fold testing with calipers, but with a lower standard error of estimation. All that is needed is a measuring tape. After taking the careful and necessary measurements, feed the respective values in the respective cells to calculate the BMI, BMR, Body fat percentage, Category of BMI and the weight status.

Before you proceed to use the calculator given below, pay attention to the tips given below.

TIPS ON HOW TO MEASURE

• Height - measured without shoes

• Weight - taken in the morning without clothes after going to the bathroom and before

   eating or drinking anything

• Waist (Men) - measure horizontally, at the level of the navel

  (Women) - measure horizontally, at the level of minimal abdominal width.(the

   distance around your natural waist which is located just above your navel.)     

• Neck - measure below the larynx with the tape sloping slightly

   downward to the front.

• Hips (Women only) - Largest horizontal circumference around the hips that is      around the pubic zone..                           

ENTER THE DETAILS BELOW

After entering the measurements when you click on the calculate button

the result will be displayed below. Just copy it and paste it into a text file for your monitoring.