BMI (Body Mass Index) chungchanga thudik: Kan hriselna atan a pawimawh tak zet em?

BMI tih thumal hi i hre tawh ngei ang, a dik em? Mi tam tak chuan he BMI value hi an san zawng nena inmil tur, an thau lutuk emaw, an thau lo emaw, an normal em tih hriat nan an hmang thin. Mahse he number chauh hian kan hriselna chungchang thudik zawng zawng a sawi em tih hi zawhna lian tak a ni. A chhan chu BMI value-in a sawi theih loh thil tam tak a awm vang a ni. Chuvangin vawiinah hian he thu hi han sawi chiang ila.

BMI hi tehfung ‘ṭangkai’ ni mah se ‘ famkim lo’ a ni

A awlsam zawngin, BMI, a nih loh leh body mass index tih hi i san zawng leh i rih zawng hmanga chhut awlsam tak a ni. Mi pakhat chu chi liah a then a.

Tunah chuan he hlutna hi engtiang chiahin nge a tangkai? Dik tak chuan doctor-te zingah chuan "BMI hi tehfung famkim a ni lo" tih ngaihdan a awm. Mahse chhut a awlsam em em avangin engtikah emaw chuan hman theih loh a ni ang tih ngaihtuah harsa tak a ni.

Hetiang hian han ngaihtuah teh. Mi pakhat BMI chu thau lutuk range-ah a awm thei a, mahse a cholesterol, thisen sang leh sugar level te an enfiah chuan an vai hian normal range-ah an awm vek thei. Chumi awmzia chu thau lutuk mahse tunah hian a kaihhnawih hriselna atana hlauhawm an nei lo tihna a ni.

Mahse hei hi a ni. Online calculator hmanga i BMI i check a, ‘overweight’ emaw ‘obese’ emaw i nih thu a lan chuan ngaihthah suh . Vaukhânna chhinchhiahna a ni. I taksa rihna avanga lo awm thei metabolic diseases, diabetes leh heart disease te laka i invenna tur i doctor nen inbiakna neih a tha ber.

BMI-in a lantir loh: Khawiah nge taksa ruh leh thau awmna

I BMI chhut hian i taksa ruh (muscle mass) leh i thau dahna hmun te a ngaihtuah lo. Heng thil pahnih hi a pawimawh em em a ni.

I taksaa i taksa ruh (muscle) i neih zat

Exercise tha tak leh fit tak mi pakhat kha han ngaihtuah teh. Entirnan, infiammi pakhat. An taksaah thau aiin thau an nei tam zawk. Muscle a rit zawk. Chuvangin, an BMI i chhut chuan ‘overweight’ an ni tih a lang mai thei. Mahse a nihna takah chuan taksa thau an nei tlem hle a, an hrisel hle bawk.

Tin, hei hi a lehlamah pawh a dik thei bawk. Miin BMI ‘normal’ a nei thei a, mahse a taksa ruh (muscle mass) a tlem a, taksa thau a nei tam zawk thei bawk. Hei hi inactive, kum upa lamte zingah a dik hle. Chuvangin an BMI chu a pangngai a nih pawhin an taksa thau an nei tam zawk thei a, chu chuan mi thau lutuk ang bawka hlauhawmah a dah thei a ni.

Khawiah nge thau chu a dahkhawm: apple? pears a ni em?

I taksa thau dahkhawmna hmun azirin hriselna atana hlauhawmna a inang lo. A awlsam zawngin, apple emaw, pear emaw ang maia insiam i ni em?

• Apple Shape: Hei hian kawr vel, chu chu pum chhunga thau awmte a kawk a ni. Hetiang hian chhungril taksa peng vel a thau thuk tak awm chu `(visceral fat)` kan ti a. Hei hi a hlauhawm ber a ni. Hetianga pum thau a pun chuan lung natna leh type 2 diabetes vei theihna a sang hle.

• Pear Shape: Hei hian hip leh thigh-a thau dahkhawmna a kawk a ni. Hetiang chi vun hnuaia thau dahkhawm hian pum chhunga thau dahkhawm aiin hriselna atan a tichhe lo zawk.

BMI, kum leh hnam inzawmna

Mi zawng zawng nena inmil ‘Healthy BMI’ pakhat mah a awm lo. Hei hi i kum leh hnam a zirin a danglam thei.

Kum upat dan azirin inthlak danglam thin

Kum upa lam BMI (underweight) tlem a hniam chuan chak lohna chhinchhiahna a ni thei. Kum upa lam deuha thau lutuk hian hlawkna a nei a, tlu leh natna kai theihna a tihziaawm avangin.

Hnam hrang hranga danglamna

Hei hi kan ram tan chuan thil pawimawh tak a ni. BMI value hi mipa hring data hmanga siam a ni hmasa ber a ni. Mahse heng hlutnate hi hnam dangte tan chuan tihdanglam a ngai a ni.

• Asian mite tan BMI hrisel range chu 18.5 atanga 23.9 (normal range chu 24.9) a ni.
• Asian BMI 27 aia sang nei chu ‘obese’ (normal level chu 30) anga ngaih theih a ni.
• Chuvangin Asian i nih a, i BMI 23 aia sang a nih chuan zunthlum test neih hi a finthlak hle ang. Hemi chungchangah hian doctor rawn rawh.

BMI bakah hian hmanraw dang hman theih a ni

BMI hian a chanchin kimchang a sawi loh avangin i weight scale nen hian tape measure hman a tha.

1. Kawrfual vel

Tape chu la la, i kawr vel chu i hip level-ah teh rawh.

2. Kawr leh san zawng Ratio

Hei pawh hi tehfung tha tak a ni. Hetah hian tum ber chu i kawrfual vel chu i san zawng chanve aia tlem lo turin a ni .

3. Kawr leh kekawrte inkara inthlauhna

I kawrfual vel teh la, chutah chuan i hip te chu teh rawh. I kawrfual vel chu i hip hmangin then rawh. World Health Organization chhinchhiah dan chuan he ratio hi mipa tan 0.90 aia tlem lo, hmeichhia tan 0.85 aia tlem lo ni tur a ni.

Technique dang pawh a awm

Heng bakah hian skinfold thickness, DXA scan, MRI, ultrasound ang chi test te hian taksa insiam dan chungchang thuk zawk a pe thei a ni. Mahse, hengte hi mi zawng zawng tan a tul tlangpui lo.