Terms of Service

Last updated: January 2024

Please read these Terms of Service carefully before using BMI Health Checker. They govern your access to and use of our website, calculators, articles, and any associated services. By using our platform, you agree to these terms in their entirety.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing and using BMI Health Checker, you agree to be bound by these terms of service and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, please do not use our service. These terms apply to all visitors, users, and anyone who accesses our platform, whether or not they create an account.

We may update these terms from time to time. When significant changes are made, we will update the "Last updated" date above and, where possible, notify registered users by email. Your continued use of the service after any modifications indicates your acceptance of the revised terms.

2. Medical Disclaimer

BMI Health Checker provides educational health tools and information only. Our calculators — including the BMI Calculator, Body Fat Calculator, Calorie Calculator, and Ideal Weight Calculator — and our educational content are not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Always seek the advice of a qualified healthcare provider with any questions regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of something you have read on this website. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or emergency services immediately. Our tools use general population formulas and cannot account for individual medical histories, medications, or conditions. Results should be considered as general guidance, not clinical diagnoses. For more on this topic, visit our Understanding Your Results page.

3. Description of Service

BMI Health Checker provides free, web-based health assessment calculators and educational articles. Our services include body mass index calculation, body fat percentage estimation, daily calorie needs calculation, ideal weight estimation, BMI reference charts, educational health articles and guides, and optional account-based result tracking. We strive to maintain the availability and accuracy of our services but do not guarantee uninterrupted access or error-free results. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the service at any time without prior notice.

4. Use of Service

You agree to use this service for lawful purposes only. Specifically, you agree not to:

  • Use automated tools (bots, scrapers, crawlers) to access the service in a manner that places an unreasonable load on our infrastructure, unless you are a search engine indexing our public pages.
  • Attempt to gain unauthorised access to our servers, databases, or any non-public areas of the service.
  • Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the service or the data contained therein.
  • Upload, post, or transmit any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable.
  • Impersonate any person or entity or falsely claim an affiliation with any person or entity.
  • Use the service to collect personal data about other users without their consent.
  • Reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, or exploit any portion of the service or its content for commercial purposes without our express written permission.

We reserve the right to terminate or suspend access to our service immediately, without prior notice, for any user who violates these terms.

5. User Accounts

Creating an account is optional. You can use all of our calculators without registering. If you choose to create an account to save and track your results, you agree to:

  • Provide accurate, current, and complete registration information.
  • Maintain and promptly update your account information as needed.
  • Maintain the security and confidentiality of your password and not share your account credentials with anyone else.
  • Accept responsibility for all activity that occurs under your account.
  • Notify us immediately of any unauthorised use of your account or any other security breach.

We reserve the right to disable any account at any time if, in our sole discretion, we believe you have violated these terms. You may delete your account at any time, which will permanently remove all associated personal data and saved results within 30 days, as described in our Privacy Policy.

6. User Content

By posting content on our community forum or any other public area of the platform, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, modify, and display that content on our platform for the purpose of operating and promoting the service. You retain ownership of your content and are responsible for its accuracy and legality.

You represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary rights to any content you post, that your content does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party, and that your content does not contain anything unlawful or harmful. We reserve the right to remove any content that violates these terms or that we find objectionable, without prior notice.

7. Intellectual Property

All content on BMI Health Checker — including text, graphics, logos, icons, images, calculator designs, article content, and software — is the property of BMI Health Checker or its content providers and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works from, publicly display, or commercially exploit any of our content without express written permission.

The health calculator formulas we use (such as the WHO BMI classification, Mifflin-St Jeor equation, and U.S. Navy body fat method) are public-domain scientific formulas. Our implementation, design, and presentation of these formulas, however, are proprietary.

8. Third-Party Links

Our service may contain links to third-party websites, services, or resources that are not owned or controlled by BMI Health Checker. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for any damage or loss caused by your use of or reliance on any third-party content, goods, or services.

9. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, BMI Health Checker and its operators, employees, and affiliates shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, data, or goodwill, arising from:

  • Your use of or inability to use the service.
  • Any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions in calculator results or educational content.
  • Health decisions made based on information provided by our service.
  • Unauthorised access to or alteration of your transmissions or data.
  • Any third-party conduct or content on the service.

We provide all tools and information on an “as is” and “as available” basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Our total liability for any claim arising from or related to these terms or the service shall not exceed the amount you paid us in the twelve months preceding the claim (or, if you have not paid us anything, zero).

10. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless BMI Health Checker and its operators, employees, and affiliates from any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your use of the service, your violation of these terms, your violation of any rights of a third party, or any content you submit to the service.

11. Governing Law

These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which BMI Health Checker operates, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any disputes arising from these terms or your use of the service shall be resolved in the competent courts of that jurisdiction.

12. Severability

If any provision of these terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

13. Contact

For questions about these terms, please visit our contact page. You can also learn more about our platform on the About page, or review how we handle your data in our Privacy Policy.