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Healthy and Unhealthy Weights
Still it can be said that the Body Mass Index (BMI) is the most accurate way to measure overweight-ness and obesity.
First, it is important to understand what the BMI is. To find out what your BMI number is divide your weight in kilograms
by the square of your height in metres. Note that one kilogram equals 2.2 pounds, and one inch equals 2.54 centimeters.
The results of this equation (BMIs) can be broken down in the following way:
less than 18.5 = thin
18.5-24.9 = healthy weight
25.0-29.9 = moderately overweight
30.0-39.9 = obese (i.e. severely overweight)
more than or equal to 40.0 = morbidly obese
(Cameron-Smith & Collier 1)
To be healthy, it is not always necessary to reduce weight though reduction of some weights are proved to be helpful
in certain cases. Weight should be reduced systematically and with the supervision of a master or guide. In no cases body
should pass through any misbalances like lack of vitamins, minerals or lack of required amount of calorie.
Exercise with balanced food is a good way to maintain or reduce weight up to 100 pounds for young individuals
(age limit up to 40 years for men and 35 years for women).
You will be astonished by the fact that only food habit can reduce weight of any person (no age limit) and it is a proven plan. Generally,
what we eat are based on taste and appetite, hardly we count effect or side effects of that intake within our body. We
don't want to keep us away from the taste of foods. Nowadays, with the help of science, you don't have to starve or keep
yourself away from your favorite dish or taste.
Diet To Go has discovered an important strategy of weight reduction success that is missing from most weight loss plans. They
prepare meals for you, and their foods are as tasty as or better than anything you are eating now. It's a proven
strategy that has worked for thousands of others. It will work for you, too! It's easy. It's like having
your own personal chef with minimum cost. They have their patent recipe of preparation of foods which are full of taste but
balanced and calorie specific.
There are many other factors to consider when determining mass, factors such as bone density, muscle density, and percentage
of body fat. Measuring percentages of body fat is another way to determine health. A healthy percent of body fat for a man
can range from 10-15%, and a woman can be healthy with a body fat percentage of 20-25%.
There are several formulae
present to predict the Ideal weight of a person, one of which is the "Peoples Choice" formula.
The "Peoples Choice" formula for Ideal Weight was designed by Dr. S.B. Halls. The formula tries to predict what other
similar people would choose as their own ideal weight. The formula is partly based on the publication by Dr. D. Crawford
and K. Campbell, entitled "Lay definitions of ideal weight and overweight", from the International Journal of Obesity
in 1999. That article published data from an Australian survey which asked people to describe their own perceptions of
"ideal weight" and "overweight".
The study found that peoples Age and current Weight, correlated with the weight they considered to be ideal.
In other words, the heavier people currently are, the heavier they believe their ideal weight is. And older they are,
the heavier they set their own ideal weight. Age has little influence on Mens percieved ideal weight, but Age has more
influence over how Women perceive their ideal weight.
The second data source for the Peoples Choice Ideal Weight formula, is from the NHANES III study which provided a very large
dataset of the American population's height and weights. Correlating the two studies, mens age does not appear to be an
independent variable in how men describe their ideal weight, while mens current BMI strongly influences with their perceived
ideal weight. In women, both Age and current weight independently influence their perceived ideal weight.
Using the published data from the Australian study and the more detailed data of Americans from the NHANES III study,
Dr. S. B. Halls created a formula in February 2002, which uses a persons Age, Gender, Height and Current Weight, to predict
the mean body weight that a similar average person would say they considered as their "Ideal". This formula calculates the
"Peoples Choice ideal BMI" (in kg/sq. meter), which can then be converted to an ideal body Weight (in kilograms),
by multiplying by height (in meters) squared. Weight in kilograms can be converted to pounds by multiplying by 2.2046.
For Men
Ideal BMI=0.5 x Perceived BMI (in Kg per sq. meter) + 11.5
For Women
Ideal BMI=0.4 x Perceived BMI (in Kg per sq. meter) + 0.03 x Age (in years) + 11
Note: Formulae copyrighted by Dr. S.B. Halls and here used for only demonstration purpose.
The median (50 th percentile) BMI and body weights are listed below. Median is not exactly the average but it is close to
average.
The National Median BMI values for white American females
For age 20 to 29 years median BMI is 24.4
For age 30 to 39 years median BMI is 26.4
For age 40 to 49 years median BMI is 27.8
For age 50 to 59 years median BMI is 28.4
For age 60 to 69 years median BMI is 27.5
One researcher for Metropolitan Life Insurance, a biologist named Lois Dublin redifined overweight as 10% over the ideal
BMI and obese as 20-30% over the ideal BMI. However there is no precise way to define healthy weights or unhealthy weights.
The National Research Council of America published the "healthy weight" table that suggests healthy weight ranges for men
and women for different age levels with heights also.
However from the above discussion, it may not be easy to calculate in which range you are falling or there may remain
a question in mind whether you are bearing a healthy weight or unhealthy weight. So, for your sake I have taken every data
and superimposed them in a single graph paper and draw a simple and easy calculable weight formula from which you can
judge whether you are in safe zone or not. This formula is correct, as tested on 3000 people and under Indian Patent by Ujjwal Mukherjee.
If your weight (pound) = 5 x your height (inches) - 190 (+ or - 15), then you are falling under ideal weight range.
If your weight (pound) = 5 x your height (inches) - 160 (+ or - 15), then you are falling under overweight range.
If your weight (pound) = 5 x your height (inches) - 130 (or more), then you are falling under obese or unhealthy weight range.
So from the above formula, if your height is say 5 ft 8 inches, i.e. 68 inches, then your ideal weight range is 150 lb (more or less 15 lb); you are overweight if your weight is 180 lb (more or less 15 lb); and you are unhealthy if your weight is 210 lb (or more).
Unhealthy weight does not show its symptom generally before the age range of 40, but it will drastically affect your
physiological functions after the age of 40. So, you have to be careful enough if you are falling under
unhealthy weight range.
