Introduction

This is a package that calculates the Body Mass Index and the Body Fat percentage.

This package has a class named BmiBfpCalcFunction with its constructor having 4(four) parameters which are

*weight (type number)
*height (type number)
*age (type number)
*sex (type string)

The Body Mass Index function

This takes the weight and height parameters and uses the formular

BMI = weight / (height * height).

The Body Fat Percentage function

This takes in the age, sex and the result of the BMI function above.

**There are four options here

1. The result if the patient is a male and an adult with formular
   BFP = 1.20 * this.bmi() + 0.23 * (this.age - 16.2)

2. The result if the patient is a female and an adult with formular
   BFP = 1.20 * this.bmi() + 0.23 * (this.age - 5.4)

3. The result if the patient is a male and below the age of 18 with formular
   BFP = 1.51 * this.bmi() - 0.70 * (this.age - 2.2)

4. The result if the patient is a female and below the age of 18 with formular BFP = 1.51 * this.bmi() - 0.70 * (this.age + 1.4) .

Installation

npm i @softwerk/bodyhygienetool