Health Tools

Simple, free tools to check your health risks, and the government health services you can use.

Disclaimer: These tools are for education and awareness only and do not replace advice from a doctor. Please consult a qualified health professional for advice about your own health.

Health tool

BMI Health Assessment

Understand your Body Mass Index and take informed steps toward better health.

Assessment

Waist (optional)

Add your waist to also check belly fat. Measure at the level of your navel.

cm

For adults aged 18 and above. Not suitable for children or pregnant women.

Uses the lower BMI cut-offs recommended for Indians (Indian consensus guidelines, 2009): overweight from 23, obese from 25.

This tool is for general health awareness and does not replace medical advice.

Ready to assess?

Enter your height and weight to see your health category.

Health tool

Check your risk of diabetes, high BP and heart disease

Six questions from the checklist ASHA workers use across India. It takes about a minute.

For adults aged 30 and above.

You are
Your age
Do you smoke, or use tobacco such as gutkha, khaini or beedi?
Do you drink alcohol every day?
Your waist measurement

Choose woman or man above to see the waist sizes.

Are you physically active for at least 150 minutes a week? For example, 30 minutes a day on 5 days.

Walking, cycling, farm work and other physical work all count.

Does your mother, father, brother or sister have high blood pressure, diabetes or heart disease?

Based on the Community Based Assessment Checklist (CBAC) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

0 of 6 answered

Answer all six questions to see your score.

Whatever your score, see a doctor soon if you have:

  • A cough for more than 2 weeks, or blood when you cough or spit
  • A mouth ulcer, or a white or red patch in the mouth, that has not healed in 2 weeks
  • A lump in the breast
  • Bleeding after menopause, between periods or after sex

Free government services

Government health services you can use today

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In a medical emergency, call 108 for an ambulance.

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