Despite the fact that today there are many ways to calculate the ideal weight, all recognize the fact that this figure is different, and each person is harmful as the excess weight, and its deficit. Therefore, expect the ideal weight is, of course, necessary, but at the same time to focus better than the numbers, and their feelings.

What is the ideal weight

The ideal weight is considered, in which there is the right balance between the weight of the musculoskeletal system and adipose tissue. It is estimated that the percentage of body fat in men and women varies. In men, a relatively larger volume of bone and muscle tissue in women - fat. Normally the total body fat weight in men up to fifteen per cent, and for women - to twenty. In order to determine whether the amount of fat is normal, there are different ways of calculating the so-called ideal weight.

However, to calculate the amount of fat without the volume that holds bone and muscle mass, it is impossible, so the right approach to the calculation must take into account the constitution of man. Nor is it possible to calculate the ideal weight without age, because age may increase the amount of fat under the influence of hormonal and lowering energy costs.

There are three main types of constitution - asthenic (thin bones, so the lungs), normostenichesky (weight of bones is correct) and hypersthenic (bones broad and heavy). Type the constitution can be identified by the index Solovyov - wrist circumference in centimeters. For people normostenicheskaya constitution of the index will be equal for men eighteen - twenty, and for women - fifteen - seventeen centimeters to hypersthenic Constitution respectively more than twenty, and more than seventeen centimeters to astenikov - less than eighteen and less than fifteen centimeters.

Hypersthenics and astenikov by any process of calculating the ideal weight should be corrected by adding (hypersthenics) or subtract (astenikov) respectively ten percent.

Methods of calculating the ideal weight

The simplest formula for the calculation of ideal weight is Broca formula: ideal weight in kilograms is equal to the growth in centimeters minus one hundred. Modern Brock modified formula looks like this:

• if growth - up to 165 cm, the ideal body weight in kilograms is equal to the growth in centimeters minus one hundred;
• If height - 166-175 cm, the ideal body weight in kilograms is equal to the growth in centimeters minus one hundred and five;
• if the growth of more than 175 cm, the ideal body weight in kilograms is equal to the growth in centimeters minus one hundred ten.

Such a calculation of weight is most suitable for people between the ages of forty to fifty years. Before this age figure to be reduced (approximately by 10-12%), and after that - to increase by about 5-7%. The index does not include Brock constitution, so to properly calculate when giperstenicheskom and asthenic physique will need to recalculate.

Today the standard for calculating the ideal weight taken the calculation of body mass index Body mass index   (BMI). According to BMI revealed a deficiency or excess body weight and obesity are diagnosed with varying degrees. This figure is often taken into account in the drafting of various agreements on health insurance, as it "wrong" numbers, the price of insurance may increase, since it promotes the development of a variety of severe metabolic disorders that lead to diseases such as atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis - when problems with blood vessels , coronary artery disease Heart disease - symptoms of heart disease , Hypertension, stroke.

BMI - body weight, this ratio, expressed in kilograms by the square of height in meters. The formula for its calculation is as follows:

BMI = m / h2,

where m - mass of the human body in kilograms, h - height of the individual in meters.

After determining the index of its estimate of the table, which takes into account also gender. For example, a BMI less than fifteen shows a significant underweight, from fifteen to twenty - just to underweight from twenty to twenty-five - that weight is normal, twenty-five to twenty-seven - an overweight, over twenty-seven - obesity, higher scores indicate the degree of obesity (29 - I degree to 34 - II A, 40 - II B, over 40 - III).

But BMI does not account for the constitution, so also requires an amendment to the hyper-and asthenic body type.

There are special tables to determine the ideal weight that take into account weight, height, age and gender. But they usually require amendments to the constitution.

Body weight - this is a very important indicator of physical development of man. But it can not be the same for everyone, as it depends on the age, body composition and physiological (often inherited) characteristics of the body, especially the metabolism. The human body changes its properties and parameters as the physical loads and various acute and chronic diseases. All this contributes to both increase and decrease in body weight, which may lead to the development of various diseases.

Today, found that the desire to have an absolutely ideal weight is not always a positive effect on human health, so that a small excess of weight compared to the perfect much better effect on health.

Galina Romanenko

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