IMC Calculator

Fabiano Silva
13/mar/2016

How it works

IMC Calculator takes 2 inputs to calculate IMC

  • Height
  • Weight

All measurements using metric system.

Calculation

IMC is computed using the following formula:

IMC <- weight/height2

As an example, for a height of 1.70m and weight of 70kgs we we'd have:

height<-1.7
weight<-70
IMC<-70/(1.70^2)
IMC
[1] 24.22145

Table of Results

With the results of computation, the number is then compared to a table to know the result:

IMC Result
<=18.5 Underweight
18.5 < IMC < 25 Normal
>=25 Overweight

Application

Application can be found at http://fabiano.shinyapps.io/DataProducts/ .

The link provided also includes a documentation on how to operate the application.