{"id":38081,"date":"2018-08-27T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/tumba-graduate-designs-body-mass-index-measuring\/"},"modified":"2018-08-27T10:37:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T10:37:09","slug":"tumba-graduate-designs-body-mass-index-measuring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/tumba-graduate-designs-body-mass-index-measuring\/","title":{"rendered":"Tumba graduate designs Body Mass Index measuring machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uwase, currently an instructor at TCT, told IGIHE that she was inspired to create the machine to support diagnosis of obesity-related problems. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBody mass index, or BMI, is a measurement which is a necessity in hospitals. It gives you an estimate of whether you have normal weight or not, through measuring your body-fat levels,\u201d Uwase said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe machine is designed with three parts; one which measures body-fat levels, height and the server which saves and measures data. When you stand on the machine, it immediately provides you with your index,\u201d she told IGIHE<\/p>\n<p>When a person\u2019s body weight is at least 20 per cent higher than it should be, he or she is considered obese. If your BMI is between 25 and 29.9 you are considered overweight. If your BMI is 30 or over you are considered obese. Normal weight falls between BMI of 18.5 to 24.9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I designed the machine, I was thinking of a way to help doctors in getting these measurements. It is my first project since my enrollment in IPRC; I am planning to polish it more so that it can be used by health centres and hospitals soonest, \u201d Uwase said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26913 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/uwase_marie_aime_avuga_ko_iyi_machine_izagabanya_umwanya_byatwaraga_abaganga_kugira_ngo_bamenye_bmi_y_umuntu-26c04.jpg\" alt=\"A Tumba College of Technology (TCT) graduate Marie Aim\u00e9 Uwase, who is in her late twenties, has invented a smart machine that calculates body mass index and gives a quick estimate of whether you&#039;re likely to fit within a healthy weight range\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26916 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bmi_machine_yakozwe_na_uwase_igizwe_n_igice_gipima_ibiro_uburebure_imashini_ibikwamo_amakuru_n_indi_ikwereka_uko_ibipimo_byawe_bihagaze-951bb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26915 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/iyi_mashini_igufasha_kumenya_byoroshye_niba_ibiro_ufite_bijyanye_n_uburebure_bwawe-51c03.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Tumba College of Technology (TCT) graduate Marie Aim\u00e9 Uwase, who is in her late twenties, has invented a smart machine that calculates body mass index and gives a quick estimate of whether you&#8217;re likely to fit within a healthy weight range, informing whether someone is obese or overweight \u2014 at medical checkups is a vital sign for battling obesity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-38081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38081"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=38081"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=38081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}