| A healthy weight for everyone is determined | | | | It is also not good for your weight to fall below your |
| differently. You need to determine how fat you are. | | | | weight range. Falling below your healthy weight range |
| There are ways to calculate your own healthy | | | | can cause health problems as well. When you are |
| weight range. One way to measure is a body mass | | | | calculating your healthy weight you have to consider |
| index calculator which can easily be done and found | | | | your body frame. If you have a larger body frame |
| online. It is important to know what you should weigh | | | | you will be at the higher end of the range scale. You |
| for good health. | | | | will also need to consider your muscle mass. |
| Your weight may be different from someone else | | | | Someone with more muscle will weigh more because |
| who is the same height and age as you. It is very | | | | muscle weighs more than fat. For many years there |
| important to have a healthy weight, it is not to be | | | | was an ideal weight. It was broken into 2 groups. |
| the lowest weight you can be. The number on the | | | | One for ages 19-34 and another for ages 35 and |
| scale shows you your total body weight. It includes | | | | over. Today that has changed, there is a weight |
| the fat, bone, muscle and water. Your weight is | | | | table that provides a generous weight range for |
| more than what you see on the scale, but that | | | | determining whats healthy. Also today healthy weight |
| number is a good start. If you know your weight | | | | is the same whether you are young or old. Age does |
| from the number on the scale it gives you a quick | | | | not matter. There are many quick estimates to |
| estimate of your weight chart. If you are in the | | | | calculate your healthy weight. One being the percent |
| range of being considered overweight you are at a | | | | of body fat you have. This is one way that is often |
| greater risk of developing health problems. | | | | used because it is considered easy and accurate. |