A healthy body, among others, characterized by the body's ability to maintain ideal weight. Ideal body weight is the weight which is in harmony with height according to the formula, then the results are adjusted to the standards set.
Children aged one year and over, each year will increase body weight 2.5 kg until they were 18 years old. Parents should be suspicious if two consecutive months did not increase his weight.
In adults, normal body mass index was 18.5 to 24.9. BMI value of 25 considered overweight and 27 to the top classified overweight and obesity. Although widely used, but this body mass index can not be a measuring tool for weight children and the bodybuilder who has a lot of muscle.
You need to be alert if the value of body mass index reached 27. People who are overweight are more susceptible to various diseases. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are some diseases associated with high BMI values, such as coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia (high cholesterol), stroke, sleep apnea, osteoarthritis, and so forth.
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