I never saw her before as much preoccupied as she was on that day. I know curd rice is one of her favorite food but ordering that for dinner in a Chinese restaurant? visibly embarrassed waiter left 12 pages menu card on the table which does not contain curd rice item, when I asked him to give us some more time to order.
“What’s the matter, all izz well?”
“I told you that my parents are looking for a groom for me and yesterday I met a guy”
“Aha! So, your mind is occupied with him, dreaming a romantic song with him and you are ordering curd rice in Chinese restaurant”, I said pulling her leg.
“Shut up! I am not going to tell you anything!”
“Sorry, Sorry! Go ahead, so, you did not like him?”
“No, Not like that, he is good, he looks different from the photograph they have given us, must be the old one. The way he looks now, I don’t know what to say, going forward this guy is going to become fat. Yeh banda aagey jaake mota ho jaya ga, and I cannot imagine myself next to such fat guy”, replied my figure conscious friend looking at herself.
“I think, you should ask your parents to find out what is the guy’s BMI along with photo and other details”
“So funny, @#$#$%%”
Body Mass Index or BMI or Body Mess Indicator (as I call) is one of the parameter that can be used to evaluate your fitness. There are several parameters that are considered to evaluate the physical fitness of a person. Some of them I have mentioned below. The first two you can calculate yourself.
Body Mass Index or BMI – A parameter that measures a person’s “fatness” or “thinness”, it is calculated as BMI = [weight (kgs)] / [height (meters)]^2. In India, Normal BMI is less than 23, Overweight is above 23 and Obese is above 25, less than 18.5 is underweight.
Waist – Hip Ratio - is the ratio of the circumference of the waist to that of the hips. Ratio more than 0.95 for men & more than 0.85 in Women denotes risk. Studies have shown that people with more fat accumulation around their waist are at a higher risk of developing coronary vascular disease as compared to those with fat accumulation elsewhere in the body.
Cardio Respiratory Endurance – It is the ability of your heart, lungs and blood vessels to supply sufficient oxygen to the muscles and their capacity to utilize the oxygen to generate energy.
Muscular Strength – Capacity of the muscle to generate force.
Muscular Endurance – Capacity of the muscle to perform work over an extended period of time.
Flexibility – Range of motion around the joints.
A friend of mine has called me for a dinner, even though we were in touch by mail and phone, the last I saw him in person was around 8 years back. He moved to US long back. Even tough he was visiting India once in a year, we could not meet. He has put on lot weight and as soon as I saw him, it reminded me of what my friend said, “Yeh banda aagey jaake mota ho jaya ga”.
“What’s the matter, all izz well?”
“I told you that my parents are looking for a groom for me and yesterday I met a guy”
“Aha! So, your mind is occupied with him, dreaming a romantic song with him and you are ordering curd rice in Chinese restaurant”, I said pulling her leg.
“Shut up! I am not going to tell you anything!”
“Sorry, Sorry! Go ahead, so, you did not like him?”
“No, Not like that, he is good, he looks different from the photograph they have given us, must be the old one. The way he looks now, I don’t know what to say, going forward this guy is going to become fat. Yeh banda aagey jaake mota ho jaya ga, and I cannot imagine myself next to such fat guy”, replied my figure conscious friend looking at herself.
“I think, you should ask your parents to find out what is the guy’s BMI along with photo and other details”
“So funny, @#$#$%%”
Body Mass Index or BMI or Body Mess Indicator (as I call) is one of the parameter that can be used to evaluate your fitness. There are several parameters that are considered to evaluate the physical fitness of a person. Some of them I have mentioned below. The first two you can calculate yourself.
Body Mass Index or BMI – A parameter that measures a person’s “fatness” or “thinness”, it is calculated as BMI = [weight (kgs)] / [height (meters)]^2. In India, Normal BMI is less than 23, Overweight is above 23 and Obese is above 25, less than 18.5 is underweight.
Waist – Hip Ratio - is the ratio of the circumference of the waist to that of the hips. Ratio more than 0.95 for men & more than 0.85 in Women denotes risk. Studies have shown that people with more fat accumulation around their waist are at a higher risk of developing coronary vascular disease as compared to those with fat accumulation elsewhere in the body.
Cardio Respiratory Endurance – It is the ability of your heart, lungs and blood vessels to supply sufficient oxygen to the muscles and their capacity to utilize the oxygen to generate energy.
Muscular Strength – Capacity of the muscle to generate force.
Muscular Endurance – Capacity of the muscle to perform work over an extended period of time.
Flexibility – Range of motion around the joints.
A friend of mine has called me for a dinner, even though we were in touch by mail and phone, the last I saw him in person was around 8 years back. He moved to US long back. Even tough he was visiting India once in a year, we could not meet. He has put on lot weight and as soon as I saw him, it reminded me of what my friend said, “Yeh banda aagey jaake mota ho jaya ga”.
Just to tease him, I said “Oh Man! You have put on lot weight, reduce your weight other wise your wife will go away with some one else”.
“Me! Overweight? You must be joking”.
“No, I am serious, if not obese, at least you must be grade 2 overweight”, I said trying to make a rough calculation of his BMI looking at this height and guessing how much his weight would be.
“Shall I say you something, if your wife does not say you are over weight, then you are not, if she says you are over weight then better consider reducing your weight”, he winked at me.
I guess each one have their own definition of BMI.
“Me! Overweight? You must be joking”.
“No, I am serious, if not obese, at least you must be grade 2 overweight”, I said trying to make a rough calculation of his BMI looking at this height and guessing how much his weight would be.
“Shall I say you something, if your wife does not say you are over weight, then you are not, if she says you are over weight then better consider reducing your weight”, he winked at me.
I guess each one have their own definition of BMI.
