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Know Your Numbers (and keep track of them!)

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Cholesterol and Blood Pressure

  LDL HDL Total Cholesterol Blood Pressure
High Risk  more than 160  less than 40  more than 240   more than 140/90
Borderline        
High   130-159      200-239 120/80 to 139/89
Optimal  less than 100      less than 200 less than 120/80

BMI

To find your body mass index (BMI) risk level, weigh and measure yourself wearing very little clothing and no shoes. To calculate your exact BMI number, multiply your weight in pounds by 705, divide by your height in inches, then divide again by your height in inches.

  • Healthy BMI values are from 18.5 to 24.9.
  • Overweight is defined as a BMI of 25.0-29.9.
  • Obesity is defined as a BMI of 30.0 or greater.
  • Extreme Obesity is defined as a BMI of 40.0 or greater.

Source: The American Heart Association



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