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    • Calculate Your Ideal Body Weight

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      For years, people looked up their weight on tables drawn from insurance company statistics. While those are still around, this is a newer, more accurate way to calculate what is truly a healthy weight range for you.

         <form method="post" name="form" onsubmit="return validateIBWForm(this);">  What is your body frame size?
        (wrap your thumb and major fingers around your smallest part of your wrist)?
        Small Frame (the fingers overlap)
        Medium Frame (the fingers barely touch)
        Large Frame (the fingers don't touch)
                
                       
      Height: Feet Inches
      Weight: lbs.
         
         
         
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      For years, people looked up their weight on tables drawn from insurance company statistics. While those are still around, this is a newer, more accurate way to calculate what is truly a healthy weight range for you.

    • Reference

       

      The ideal human body weight has been a topic of debate for a very long time. Hundreds of formulas and theories have been invented and put to the test, but the answer is still debatable. The ideal weight should be unique for everyone. The major factors that contribute to a person's ideal weight are height, gender, age, body frame, body type, and so on. Here is a list of the most popular "ideal weight" formulas:

    • What is BMI?

      Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a person's weight and height. BMI is a fairly reliable indicator of body fatness for most people. BMI does not measure body fat directly, but research has shown that BMI correlates to direct measures of body fat, such as underwater weighing and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA).1, 2 BMI can be considered an alternative for direct measures of body fat. Additionally, BMI is an inexpensive and easy-to-perform method of screening for weight categories that may lead to health problems.

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