Obesity greatly increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke as well as hypertension, type 2 diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders including osteoarthritis, and some cancers. While it can be broken down to the simple, personal case of controlling energy intake and output, there is often more involved and managing obesity on a societal level has far from an algorithmic solution. It is mostly preventable however, through lifestyle and diet changes, though there is still insufficient understanding of all the factors affecting obesity.

There are rarer cases where obesity is caused primarily by genes, hormonal imbalances due to endocrine disorders, medications, or mental disorders. Obesity is typically caused by a lack of exercise, excessive food intake, and genetic susceptibility. Effects of Being Underweight, Overweight, and Obese While accurate for an 'average' person, this means that it is possible to be categorized as overweight or underweight and still be 'healthy,' but this requires more than a generalized calculation to determine – likely with the help of a medical professional. Refer to the BMI Calculator for more information, but note that a 'healthy body weight' is based on estimations that do not account for certain factors such as body composition. An adult aged 18 or older with a BMI between 18.5 and 25 kg/m 2 is typically defined as having a healthy or normal weight. Given a specific height, the calculator uses standard algorithms to calculate the range of possible body weights that fall within different categories of weight determined by BMI. The site will also provide additional information about isolating that you may need to know.The range of healthy body weights is calculated based on BMI. “Or if you’re on quarantine, if you were exposed, it gives you you put in the date that you were last exposed, and it tells you this is when I can return those kinds of things.” “You can just enter the date, when it just asks, if you’re symptomatic, you enter the date here, and it will calculate out your five-day isolation, and then you return on the sixth day,” Cohlmia said. The only information needed to use the site is whether you were exposed or tested positive for COVID-19 and if you are experiencing symptoms. So they can kind of get their answers quickly,” Chip Cohlmia with the Jackson County Health Department said. “This is something that’s kind of more readily available that people can access on the website, day or night, anything like that.

It also tells you exactly how long you need to isolate. It takes information you provide, compares it to guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and tells you if quarantine is necessary. The health department calls it an online quarantine calculator. A new website developed by the Jackson County Health Department takes the guesswork out of when you need to quarantine if you’ve been exposed to COVID-19. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.

County health calculator