Evaluation Of Results - Beurer PS 45 BMI Instrucciones Para El Uso

b. Weighing yourself and calculating BMI
• Using the buttons, select the user memory space where your settings have been
saved.
• Wait until " kg" is displayed again. You can now use the scale. Stand still whilst
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weighing yourself.
The weight is displayed with trend, average weight and BMI with interpretation (Fig. 3).
The scale switches itself off after approx. 15 seconds.
Accessing saved measurements
After a measurement with BMI calculation, your last 5 measurements can be displayed.
• After a BMI calculation, browse through the memory spaces for the measurements one by one using
the button. Top: current weight; Middle: last weight; Bottom: memory space.
If no values are saved, no average value is displayed.
• By pressing again, the current weight, average weight and BMI are shown again.

6. Evaluation of results

Body mass index (BMI)
The body mass index (BMI) is a number that is often called upon to evaluate body weight. The number
is calculated from body weight and height, the formula is – body mass index = body weight : height².
The measurement unit for BMI is [kg/m²].
Man < 20 years
Age Under- Normal weight
weight
5 12,1 – 14,0 14,1–16,5
6 12,1 – 14,0 14,1–16,7
7 12,2 – 14,1 14,2 –16,9
8 12,4 – 14,3 14,4 –17,3
9 12,6 – 14,5 14,6 –17,8
10 12,8 – 14,8 14,9 –18,4
11 13,1 – 15,2 15,3 –19,1
12 13,4 – 15,7 15,8 –19,8
13 13,8 – 16,3 16,4 – 20,7
14 14,3 – 16,9 17,0 – 21,7
15 14,7 – 17,5 17,6 – 22,6
16 15,1 – 18,1 18,2 – 23,4
17 15,4 – 18,7 18,8 – 24,2
18 15,7 – 19,1 19,2 – 24,8
19 15,9 – 19,5 19,6 – 25,3
Man / Woman ≥ 20 years
Age Under- Normal weight
weight
≥ 20 16,0 – 18,4 18,5 – 24,9
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2007;85:660-7; Adapted from WHO 1995, WHO 2000 and WHO 2004.
Woman < 20 years
Over- Age Under-
weight weight
16,6 – 20,2 5 11,8 – 13,8 13,9 –16,8
16,8 – 20,7 6 11,7 – 13,8 13,9 –16,9
17,0 – 21,6 7 11,8 – 13,8 13,9 –17,2
17,4 – 22,8 8 11,9 – 14,0 14,1–17,6
17,9 – 24,3 9 12,1 – 14,3 14,4 –18,2
18,5 – 26,1 10 12,4 – 14,7 14,8 –18,9
19,2 – 28,0 11 12,7 – 15,2 15,3 –19,8
19,9 – 30,0 12 13,2 – 15,9 16,0 – 20,7
20,8 – 31,7 13 13,6 – 16,5 16,6 – 21,7
21,8 – 33,1 14 14,0 – 17,1 17,2 – 22,6
22,7 – 34,1 15 14,4 – 17,7 17,8 – 23,4
23,5 – 34,8 16 14,6 – 18,1 18,2 – 24,0
24,3 – 35,2 17 14,7 – 18,3 18,4 – 24,4
24,9 – 35,4 18 14,7 – 18,5 18,6 – 24,7
25,4 – 35,5 19 14,7 – 18,6 18,7 – 24,9
Over-
weight
25,0 – 40,0
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Normal weight Over-
weight
16,9 – 21,3
17,0 – 22,1
17,3 – 23,3
17,7 – 24,8
18,3 – 26,5
19,0 – 28,4
19,9 – 30,2
20,8 – 31,9
21,8 – 33,4
22,7 – 34,7
23,5 – 35,5
24,1 – 36,1
24,5 – 36,3
24,8 – 36,3
25,0 – 36,2
Fig. 3