Weight Chart Men

A person's weight whether man or woman is one factor that can and will affect your health. Being overweight can lead to many diseases that you may not normally get, like hypertension, some forms of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. When you are overweight, you tend to worry more and your self-confidence decreases. Maintaining your ideal weight is very important to avoid contracting these health issues. How do you determine your ideal weight? First of all, you need to determine what your Body Mass Index is, to do this you will take your current weight and divide it by your height (in inches), squared ( this means to multiply your height (in inches) by itself), then you will multiply it by 703 and this will give you your BMI.

After you have determined what your BMI is, you will need to compare it to the BMI Chart to see what category you fall under. Here is the BMI Chart for you to compare your results with:

* BMI of 16.5 or less you are severely underweight

* BMI of 16.5 to 18.4 you are underweight

* BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 you are Normal

* BMI of 25 to 30 you are overweight

* BMI of 30.1 to 34.9 you are obese Class I

* BMI of 35 to 40 you are obese Class II

* BMI of 40 and above you are obese Class III

There are different factors to take into consideration here to that the BMI Chart does not, a few items are genetics and age. When men are over the age of 65 they are more likely to have a lower body mass index number than younger men are because a person over 65 their body will not contain as much muscle tissue. An athlete may have a higher body mass index number because they have more muscle, so remember to keep these in mind when determining where you fall on the BMI Chart.

You must also consider your body frame. To find out the size of your frame you can simply use your index finger and thumb around the left wrist. When you do this if your finger and thumb overlap then you have a small frame, if they just touch you have a medium frame and if they do not touch at all, you have a large frame. The BMI Chart has no way to use your frame size when doing the calculations.

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