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Determine the BMI Category

Determine the BMI Category

Use IF, ELSE-IF, and ELSE statements to find the body mass index (BMI) category based on user input.

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Problem statement

Suppose you have the body mass index (BMI) of a person, and you want to find out if the person is underweight, healthy, overweight, or obese based on the following:

  • obese: BMI is greater than or equal to 30
  • overweight: BMI is greater than or equal to 25 but less than 30
  • healthy: BMI is greater than or equal to 18.5 but less than 25
  • underweight: BMI is less than 18.5

The main steps in problem-solving

Understand the problem

Go over the problem statement carefully and think about the desired output. The output should be one of the four ...