How to calculate BMI?

WELLNESS
 Is the positive state of well-being and capability
of an individual to design personal fitness
programs for improving and maintaining
optimum levels of health. Body Mass Index (BMI) Weight Status
Below 18.5 Underweight
18.5 – 24.9 Normal
25.0 – 29.9 Overweight
30.0 + Obese
BENEFITS OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS
 LOOKING GOOD
- Regular physical activity is a healthy
lifestyle. Healthy lifestyle such as proper FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT THE BMI
nutrition, good posture and good body  GENETIC FACTOR
mechanics can help you look at your best. - Genes sa isang individual
 FEELING GOOD  PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTOR
- People who engage in regular physical - Negative emotions of an individual
activity feel better. You can resist fatigue,  ECONOMIC FACTOR
less likely to be injured and are capable of -
working more efficiently.  LIFESTYLE FACTOR
 ENJOYING LIFE - Daily routine dietary hobbies , “sleeping
- Life is more enjoyable when you engage in habits”
regular physical activity that results in
physical fitness as the key to be able to do
more of the things you want to do. PULSE
 Is your heart rate, or the number of times your
 MEETING EMERGENCIES
heart beats in one minute. Plus rates vary from
- Fit and active person has the capacity to
person to person. Your pulse is lower when you
help or to assist other people when they
are at rest and increases when you exercise
needed some help.
(more oxygen-rich blood is needed by the body
when you exercise).
FITNESS TEST
 Also known as a fitness assessment, is
comprised of a series of exercises that help
evaluate your overall health and physical status. VITAL SIGNS PULSE
 RADIAL
BMI - Can be taken on either wrist
 It is a measure of body fat based on your weight  BRACHIAL
in relation to your height. - Can be located by feeling the bicep tendon
 It is more of an indicator than a direct in the area of the antecubital fasssa (along
measurement of a person’s total body fat. the front part of your bicep)
 As the BMI score increases, so does the  CAROTID
person’s total body fat increases. - Can be located on either side of the front of
the neck just below the angle of the jaw.
HEART RATE (Beats Per Minute)
 NORMAL HEART RATE
- 60-100 bpm
 TACHYCARIDA
- More than 100 bpm
 BRADYCARIA
- Less than 60 bpm

AGES WITH CORRESPONDING HEART RATE

New born 70 – 190 bpm
Infant 80 – 120 bpm
Children 1-2 yrs old 80 – 130 bpm
Children 3-4 yrs old 80 – 120 bpm
Children 5-6 yrs old 75 – 115 bpm
Children 7-9 yrs old 70 – 110 bpm
Children 10 & older (to normal rate) 60 – 100 bpm

Christopher Villacorta Dizon