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BMI Calculator

BMI or Body Mass Index is a useful measurement to help determine if you are overweight or obese. It is calculated from your height and weight (actually by dividing your weight in kilograms by the square of your height in meters). BMI is an estimate of your body fat based on your weight and height and how that compares to "average" people. The higher your BMI, the higher your risk for certain diseases such as heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, gallstones, breathing problems, and certain cancers.

Limitations on BMI Usage

For most folks, BMI provides a useful guage of their healthy weight, but it does have some limitations. If you are an athlete or have a muscular build, it may overestimate your body fat (it assumes the extra muscle weight to be body fat). On the other hand, it may underestimate the body fat in older folks or others who have lost muscle mass for some reason (it assumes a certain percentage of your weight to be muscle mass, and if you have lost that muscle, but still carry the weight, it will underestimate your body fat). Check with your doctor if you have questions about how to read your BMI.

Useful Tools

BMI Calculator

Underweight? Normal? Overweight? Obese? Where are you vs. the “average” body mass?

Symptom Diary

Keeping track of your symptoms is key to knowing how your diets and other treatment are working – or aren’t.

Food Log

Tracking what you eat helps you and your medical provider learn your triggers.

What’s in your food and how much do you need?

Individual food labels based on USDA data.

Grocery items and restaurant foods

Food labels for almost a million different packaged and restaurant foods.

Testimonials

Bincy Abraham
M.D., M.S., AGAF, FACG is the Distinguished Professor and Director of the Fondren Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program at the Underwood Digestive Diseases Center of Houston Methodist Hospital

Finally, a solid platform to have all the tools you need to make decisions on diet and nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease. Backed by a team of medical experts, this is the place to visit to get your questions answered.  From understanding the basics of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis to getting information on specific diets from patient experience to understanding the impact of these diseases across all age groups, this site precisely summarizes the maze of unfiltered information with scientific data that one can use.

Russell D. Cohen, MD, FACG, AGAF
Professor of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center Co-Director, Advanced IBD Fellowship Program

Nutrition4IBD is truly a unique resource for patients, families, and caregivers in the world of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.  Created as valuable, comprehensive, unbiased resource for those whose lives are touched by IBD, this website carries with it the promise to help its users find answers and resources that are supported by the professionals who have dedicated their lives towards finding cures and lessening the burden of these diseases upon us all.  I joined the Medical Advisory Board with the expectation not only to provide guidance but also to learn from the users and the content, allowing me to help patients throughout the world, while also allowing my patients to benefit through the advice and guidance that other professionals will provide to me.

Bailey Koch, RD, CSP

Patients and families need reliable information that can help them understand and treat their IBD.We're now emphasizing the role of diets and healthy nutrition in managing IBD. I am so pleased to be on the Nutrition4IBD Advisory Board to contribute important and useful information that can provide benefits that can get those with Crohn's and colitis feeling better.

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