Guideline tools

Weight-loss percentage

Percentage of starting body weight lost (or gained), against the NHLBI/USPSTF 5–10% clinically-meaningful thresholds.

Cites its source in every response: source (the formula + published reference) and canonical_url (https://myplate.food/weight-loss-percentage-calculator), plus a disclaimer.

get/calculate/weight-loss-percentage

Request

  • Base URL: https://myplate.food/api/v1
  • URL: https://myplate.food/api/v1/calculate/weight-loss-percentage
  • Auth: none declared

Query parameters

unit'metric' | 'imperial'

Units for inputs and output. metric = cm/kg (default), imperial = in/lb.

start_weightnumber required

Starting weight (kg or lb).

current_weightnumber required

Current weight (kg or lb).

Response

Calculation result with citation envelope.

calculatorstring required

The endpoint name.

inputsobject

The parsed, normalized inputs the result was computed from.

sourcestring required

The formula and published reference behind the number.

canonical_urlstring uri required

The matching myplate.food page.

disclaimerstring

Present on health calculators.

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.