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Healthy weight

Healthy weight is a term which refers to the most acceptable body weight of a person. It is believed that in order to maintain normal body functioning, the volume of adipose tissue should not exceed 18% in women and 15% in men. Otherwise, obesity occurs. If the volume of adipose tissue in the body is too low, this condition is also not considered normal, in some cases, for example, for the health of a man, the minimum percentage of fat in his body should be at the level of 3 to 5% and for women it is 8%.
There are methods which allow you to determine the approximate presence of obesity or dystrophy. The simplest is the calculation of body mass index (BMI) – an indicator invented in 1869 by Adolphe Quetelet. BMI is calculated by dividing body weight by the square of height in metres. The approximate norm is from 18.5 to 24.9.