BMI in Health App

Thanks i_rina.

You are close to being right, I think, but I will correct you on the statement that BMI is "not automatically calculated by the Health application".

I think that BMI is calculated automatically by the app, but not displayed, i.e."tracked" automatically.

It displays the calculated value when you tap "Add Data". For instance, I manually input 24.75 this morning. When I tap 'Add data' this afternoon, it displays 24.74, so I think the 24.74 is a calculated value. Where else did it come from??

If I then tap "Add", then the calculated value displays on the graph.

So, in other words, to access the calculated value the user must tap "add Data", then tap "Add" to accept the calculated value which is automatically filled in on the input screen already. The calculated value is then displayed or tracked.

What it doesn't do, as you later say, automatically "track" the calculated values: it requires the user to go through the "Add Data" then "Add" routine to display or "track" the calculated values over time.

I hope this is helpful to other users, who may have been told that the the app doesn't automatically calculate BMI values.

"By default when adding BMI a number does appear based on the height and weight information you’ve included in the health application."

Exactly as I said, an automatically calculated BMI value, automatically placed on the "Add Data" input screen.

"If you’re changing that number and it’s not saving as expected do you know if you have a BMI application installed?"

This is not relevant to my post, but no, I do not have any unexpected issues or BMI applications.

In a nutshell, Health automatically calculates BMI, but rather than automatically displaying ("tracking") the calculated value, it requires the user to manually "Add Data", then "Add" the calculated value (which is automatically entered on the input screen).

The automatically calculated value is then displayed or "tracked" in the application.

Take care!