The word ‘Over weight’ or ‘obesity’ refers a person’s extra body weight from muscle, bone and fat. Now a day millions of peoples around the world are suffering from obese. Overweight/obese is the seed of diseases, overweight itself may not be your problem but due to obese more medical problems will arises. It puts you at the risk of many small as well as major diseases like:
(1) Coronary heart disease (known as coronary artery disease)
(2) Type 2 diabetes
(3) Endometrial, breast, colon Cancer
(4) High blood pressure (Hypertension)
(5) Dyslipidemia
(6) Gallstones
(7) Gallbladder & Liver disease
(8) Problem in respiratory & sleep apnea
(9) Osteoarthritis
(10) Gynecological (infertility, abnormal menses)
Scientific research says Obese is the result of different factors like Genetics, metabolism (process of changing food into energy) physical environment, behaviors and more. There are some factors such as Genetics, metabolism cannot be changed, however some factors which can change with your efforts such as your behaviors, lifestyle etc. You can cope with obese by taking some steps of prevention, such as following healthy eating plan which control your calorie intake, doing enough physical exercise/activity regularly and always try to be physically as well as mentally active instead of being sleepy and lazy. Now the question is “how much should I weigh?”, “What is my perfect weight considering my size of body, height and age? ” specifically ” How much should i weigh for my height ?” so that you can lower your risk of other dangerous health complications. To answer of these questions you have to understand some terminologies which are:
(1) Human frame size,
(2) Weight height approach,
(3) Weight-height-frame Approach
(3) Weight, height, age approach; and
(4) Weight-Height-Age Approach
(5) BMI approach.

(1) Human Frame Size
Peoples are very much familiar with height and age, but may not be familiar with Frame size of human body. To define more theoretical weight, researchers added Frame size of human. They categorized into three major categories, they are:

Small Frame
Medium Frame
Large Frame

The reason under this categorization is bone structure variation in size and density of the person. Male and female has possessed with different structure of body. Even two male or female has possessed with different structure, compared with each other. Muscle mass and bone mass play vital role in determining your optimal weight. To determine frame size of human you can follow Wrist circumference measurement method:

(2) Weight Height Approach

Overweight and fatness is one of dangerous problems for the peoples in this earth, mainly in the developed countries (also developing countries). Reason under this problem can be various factors such as a lifestyle filled with anxiety and stress, wrong eating habits and important one is lack of physical exercises due to automation and advance science and engineering inventions. (Scientific and Engineering Inventions has both Good and Bad factors. This article does not mean to say Inventions is devil. It just wants to say human should not totally depend upon automation which makes them fat, stressful and unhealthy)

If you are health conscious, it is very essential to know the right weight-height ratio to become healthy, happy and successful. Health expert also suggest following weight-height chart to determine overall fitness of your body.

(3) Weight-height-frame Approach

If you are fat or conscious about your health, then before you initiate any health program like slimming, dieting etc., primitively find your frame size, height and weight and check your position on following table that you are normal or abnormal:

(4) Weight-Height-Age Approach

People who is heavy and fat after the age of 50, it is very hard to lose excess mass. Being older also indicate that he/she has to take care of every conceivable wounds and the lengthy recovery period from bone or muscles wounds. This will apply for both male and female in same manner. You cannot control your height age but you control your weight. Therefore analyze below mention Weight Height Age Charts for male and female which calculate your optimum weight against your height and age factors.

(5) BMI (Body Mass Index) Approach

BMI (Body Mass Index) is the measurement method of Body obese based on human height and mass (weight). This method (BMI) gives the answer of your weighted condition of your body if you are overweight, obsess, underweight or normal.

• Underweight = <18.5
• Healthy weight = 18.5–24.9
• Overweight = 25–29.9
• Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater

This method provides fast answer to the question of how much should i weigh for my height. Please use BMI Calculator below to calculate your BMI Score:

You can also use BMI Calculation Formula which to calculate BMI:

 

BMI = weight kg/(height meters)²

 

 

 

OR

BMI = (weight pounds/(height inches)²)x 703

 

 

For example: if my weight is 154 pounds, and height is 62 inches  then your BMI will be
BMI = (154/68 *68) x 703 = 23.42

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