How to Calculate Ideal Body Weight to Avoid Obesity

KOMPAS.com – Have ideal weight not only for the sake of appearance, but also for health reasons, namely avoiding obesity.

Knowing your ideal weight can be done in a way body mass index (IMT).

body mass index (BMI) is a measure used to determine a person’s nutritional status obtained from a comparison of weight and height.

How to calculate BMI can be done in a simple way and without the help of special tools.

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Then, how to calculate body mass index (BMI)?

Calculating ideal body mass index

Clinical nutrition specialist from Mochtar Riady Comprehensive Cancer Center (MRCCC) Siloam Hospital South Jakarta Inge Permadhi explained how to calculate body mass index.

The way to calculate it is weight in kilograms divided by height meters are then squared.

“For example, if he weighs 85, his height is 160, so 85 divided by 1.6 is divided again by 1.6,” said Inge when contacted Kompas.comSaturday (5/3/2022).

According to Inge, normal (ideal) weight, the value of dividing weight divided by height in meters squared is equal to 18.5 to 22.9.

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The following is a list of body mass indexes:

• Less than 18.5: less weight
• 18.5 to 22.9: normal weight
• 23 to 24.9 are called over weight
• 25 to 29.9 is called OB (obesity) 1
• 30 to 39.9 is called OB2
• More than 40 is called obesity morbid or extreme obesity.

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