Health Advice
A healthy life is not just about having a good Health Cash
Plan or Medical Insurance it’s about keeping yourself well day to day.
This doesn’t mean adopting a diet of bamboo shoots, running 10 miles a
day and only quenching your thirst with the purest water, it just means
following a few basic principles.
In this Health Advice section, we’ve brought together the Health Advice of a number of sources including research by the UK government into one easy reference guide.
Just click on one of the links below and learn about the things you can be doing day by day to keep
yourself fit and healthy. Healthy Eating Smoking
Exercise
BMI Calculator
A good indicator of your general health can often be your
weight, or more accurately your BMI or Body Mass Index. Your BMI is a calculation
of your body fat based on your height and weight.
Use our simple calculator below to check your BMI today.
| Body Mass Index | |
|---|---|
BMI Classification
A score of 18.5 or less =Underweight
18.5 to 24.99 =Normal Weight
25 to 29.99 =Overweight
30 to 34.99 =Obesity
35 to 39.99 =Obesity
40 or greater =Morbid Obesity
Your BMI tells you if you're a healthy weight for your height. However, this is general advice for adults only. It does'nt apply to children, pregnant women or women who are breastfeeding.
Also, your BMI may not be accurate if you:
- are a weight-trainer or an athlete,
- are over the age of 60, or
- have a long-term health condition.
Speak to your GP if you are concerned about your weight.
As well as following the key principles discussed on this page, we also need help from others to keep ourselves fit and healthy, just click here to compare Health Cash Plans and see how you could receive help with the costs of everyday healthcare from just 58p a week.