BMI (Body Mass Index)

BMI Measures Body Fat Composition By Plotting Your Weight Versus Your Height

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Before going further with diet pills let us have a general idea about how much weight a healthy person should possess. By healthy person we mean a person who is neither fat nor thin. Frankly, there is no such thing as an ideal weight. But there is only a healthy weight range. According to physicians for a healthy person, the healthy weight range is calculated as Body Mass Index (BMI). The BMI should be between 19 and 24.9.  

BMI calculation measures body fat composition by plotting your weight versus your height. BMI gives a measure of what is underweight, healthy and overweight by height.

Body Mass Index can be calculated using pounds and inches with this equation

To convert units :

            1kg    =   2.2 lb

            1 m    =   39.37 in

The following table shows the weight according to height for a healthy person.

 

Height in cms	Weight in Pounds
154	97-127
156	100-132
160	103-136
161.5	107-140
164	110-145
166.6	113-149
169	117-154
172	121-159
174	124-164
177	128-168
179	132-173
182	135-178
185	139-183
187	143-189
190	147-194
192	151-199
195	155-204

For men and women from 18 years onwards the following table can be used as a guide for idea body weight:

There is another method also for calculating the ideal weight i.e. body-fat percent. The body-fat percent for both men and women are listed as under.

Underwater weighing, skin-fold caliper or bioelectrical impedance can do the exact measurement of body-fat percent. After suffering from obesity we have to follow a number of methods to control it, but if we are aware of the serious problems caused by them, we must control it right from the beginning. For that one must check regularly his weight and take precautions if it is gaining more than desired.