From: Subject: Better Ideal Weight Body Calculations Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:49:23 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: file://Z:\WEBSITES\ashcroftweb\i-ashcroft\BMI.htm X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 Better Ideal Weight Body Calculations

BODY MASS INDEX

Please enter = your Weight,=20 Height, Age and Gender, then Click the Calculate = Button. 

  Weight: = pounds = can  convert
lbs to=20 kg
  Height: inches =  or  = 1' = 3' =   = 0'' = 2'' = 4'' = = 8'' = 10'' =20
  Age: years  or  = =20 =20 = =20 =20
  Gender: =20  

View the Calculation Results = Below:

Peoples Choice = Ideal Weight:

 

This shows=20 the average weight that other people of your Age, = Height,=20 Weight and Gender would describe as their ideal=20 weight.

Ideal = Weight, -=20 Click to learn more

Medical=20 Recommendation:

This=20 recommendation is based on a Body Mass Index (BMI) range of=20 19-25.

Click to = learn more about=20 BMI=20 recommendations

Medical=20 evidence suggests that all body weights within this range are = reasonably=20 equally healthy (for people of your height). Outside this range, = health=20 risks may occur.

Your = current Body Mass=20 Index is = kg/m2

 

Metropolitan=20 Life tables:
for = frame size=20 = Medium =20 =

This range=20 was taken from the Height and Weight look-up tables created by the = Metropolitan Life Insurance company in 1979.

The use of=20 the Met Life tables is very prevalent on the internet, Most = websites label=20 them incorrectly as an "ideal" range. However, the values are too = large=20 for short people, and laughably wrong for tall people. They have = no Age=20 modifiers, and the definition of frame size is too hard to=20 understand.

Click to=20 see problems with Met life ideal weight = charts /=20 tables. (very = interesting).

Other IBW=20 formulas:

Dr. BJ=20 Devine created formulas in 1974. Dr. JD Robinson and Dr. DR Miller = modified the formulas slightly in 1983. Use: =

 

The Devine=20 formulas were initially developed to set certain medication doses = based on=20 body weight and height. Over time, their use has spread beyond = their=20 intended purpose.

I suggest=20 you use the Devine formula if you are a man or use the Robinson = formula if=20 you are a woman.

Click to=20 learn more about these ideal weight=20 formulas

Adults Women Men
anorexia < 17.5
underweight <19.1 <20.7
in normal range ideal=20 weight 19.1-25.8 20.7-26.4
marginally overweight 25.8-27.3 26.4-27.8
overweight 27.3-32.3 27.8-31.1
very overweight or obese >32.3 >31.1
severely obese 35 - 40
morbidly obese 40 - 50
super obese 50 - 60=20 kg/m2