Well, is calculating Body Mass Index (BMI) too complicated for you?

Well, a professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, has now developed a new easy method for people to calculating their healthy weight, and that too without any need for charts or online calculators.

George Fernandez, a professor of applied statistics and director of the Center for Research Design and Analysis at Nevada, says that the "range" approach in BMI calculation does not stick in individuals' minds.

"We need a "Maximum Weight Limit, or MWL, one number that we know we can't go over, just like a speed limit," he said.

Thus, he used SAS software and statistical procedures to discover a much simpler way of calculating a Maximum Weight Limit, which closely corresponds to weight recommendations listed on BMI charts.

And a person does not need to calculate or know his or her BMI, nor do they need a chart or online calculator to figure out your Maximum Weight Limit.

"It's a very simple calculation that most of us can do in our heads," he explained.

For men and women, there is a baseline height and weight. For men, the baseline is 5-feet, 9-inches tall and a Maximum Weight Limit of 175 pounds, meaning that a 5-foot, 9-inch tall man should weigh no more than 175 pounds.

For women, the baseline is 5-feet tall and a Maximum Weight Limit of 125 pounds.