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Showing posts with label calculate your ideal body weight. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Are You at Your Ideal Body Weight? Let's Find Out!


The food that we eat is measured in terms of calories which the body requires for its day-to-day requirements. The calories not consumed by the body are converted into fat. Physical fitness means the utilization of these excessive calories so that the body does not have any excessive fat (weight).

For a man, a simple way to determine optimum weight is to convert height (feet & inches) into Kg (e.g., 5’ 7’’ height = 57 Kg) add 5 Kg which indicates the minimum body weight, i.e., 62 Kg. to determine the maximum permissible weight, add 10 Kg to the minimum body weight. For example:
Man 5’7’’ tall=           57 kg + 5kg = 62 Kg (Min. weight)
62 Kg + 10 kg = 72 Kg (Max. weight)

For a woman, a simple way to determine the optimum weight is to convert the height (feet &  inches) into Kg (e.g., 5’7’’ height = 57 Kg) minus 5 Kg which indicates the minimum body weight, i.e., 52 Kg. to determine the maximum permissible weight add 10 Kg to the minimum body weight. For example:
Woman 5’ 7’’ tall= 57 Kg 5 Kg = 52 Kg (Min. weight)
    52 Kg + 10 Kg = 62 Kg (Max. weight)
This simple formula is valid for all three body types and whether you are small, medium or large framed, your weight should remain within the maximums. In case your body weight according to your height is not within the above ratio, add one year to your chronological age.

Source: Kennedy AJ, Fitness A way to life. Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited


                       

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