The media is now full of ads featuring beautiful skinny women.. The figure of " At the same time, doctors began to pay more and more public attention to the fact that the figures of models are by no means the standard of beauty and, moreover, not the norm for health.. After all, thinness is no less dangerous to health than obesity.. Therefore, the optimal weight should be somewhere in the middle between these two extremes..

The previously popular simple formula for determining the optimal weight for your height (height in centimeters minus 100) is not accurate.. The most adequate indicator that evaluates body fat content is BODY MASS INDEX (BMI), in the English version - BODY MASS INDEX (BMI). It is calculated according to the formula:.

body weight (in kg. ) / height squared (in meters) Example: a woman is 1.77m tall and weighs 68kg. BMI \\u003d 68 / 1.77x1.77 \\u003d 21 (21.8) Now try to determine your BMI. If the result is between 18.5 and 24.9 - your body measurements are normal, you are in a safe weight category. BMI over 30 indicates obesity. This is dangerous for health, and you need to go on a diet (and if more than 40, then contact an endocrinologist). BMI less than 18.5 indicates underweight and painful thinness. In this case, you should also consult a doctor..

BMI between 25 and 29.9 indicates overweight. In this case, you do not need diets, but you just need to eat a balanced diet, move more, exercise and exercise (articles about a balanced diet, diet, exercise can be found in the archive of our mailing list). In this case, you need to reduce weight if you already have health problems or are exposed to risk factors - diabetes, high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, or if the waist circumference is more than 101 cm. A large waist indicates that excess fat is deposited in the abdomen (apple body type), and not in the hips (pear body type), which is more dangerous for health.

To even more accurately determine the optimal weight for yourself using BMI, you should take into account your constitution.. This can be done by the circumference of the wrist. So, if the girth of your wrist is 13-14 cm, then the optimal BMI values \u200b\u200b\\u200b\\u200bfor you will be 18.5-20; with a wrist of 14.5-16.5cm, the optimal BMI will be in the range of 21-23, and with a wrist of 17-18cm they will be 24-25.

However, it should be borne in mind that the BMI indicator is not suitable for everyone.. It is not suitable for pregnant women and persons under 18 years of age. Since BMI assumes that excess weight is associated with the accumulation of excess fat in the body, and does not take into account lean body mass (and muscle tissue has more weight than fat), it should not be targeted at people with an athletic physique, for whom excess weight is not a consequence.

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