How to Measure Ideal Body Weight

There are many ways to detect the ideal body weight. However, the medical world in Indonesia have a reference to an ideal body weight measurement system, namely by using the Body Mass Index (BMI).

How to count it too easy. BMI is measured in units of kilograms of weight divided by height squared in units of meters. Let easy, take samples. Just mention his name changed. He has a 75 kilogram weight. The height is only 150 centimeters or 1.5 meters.

Is altered body weight was ideal today? Let us refer to the following BMI calculation.

Here's the calculation: altered body weight 75 kg divided by 2.25. Figure 2.25 is the result altered the square of height 1.5 m. The result is 33.33. "With a weight of 75 kg, altered meaning has undergone severe obesity,".

Well how come? Medical world seems to have set a limit to indicate the condition of a person's body. If the results show figures between 18.5 to 23 means your weight is normal or ideal. But when the results show number 23 until 25, you are already overweight. Figures for 25 to 27, including mild obesity, 27 to 30 is called obesity, while BMI was altered in the 30th. That means she obesity weight.

There are also other ways to determine a person being obese or not, that is by measuring waist circumference. Waist circumference is a benchmark for someone who is overweight must be followed by the accumulation of fat around the waist. Normally, female waist circumference should not be more than 80 cm, while men do not exceed 90 cm.

Measuring obesity with waist circumference is also useful to know the metabolic syndrome are likely someone is having a particular condition. Among other things, high blood sugar levels, high blood trighserida levels, hypertension, and heart attacks.

Hopefully useful!