Obesity is considered to be the fastest-growing health risk worldwide. Therefore, it is important to be able to determine the nutritional status of a patient using the Body Mass Index (BMI) - one of the few internationally recognized metrics when it comes to acquiring a weight-to-height ratio.

With battery or solar-powered options, the Seca 491 BMI calculator allows any doctor, nurse, or healthcare professional to compute the BMI in just a few steps.