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Use this tool to determine your healthiest weight. The ideal weight calculator can help you determine if you should be considering a diet.

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In the past, many fitness books would publish a chart of ideal weight. Often, the figures would list height corresponding to weight. Many readers would look at the charts and discover they are “way above” their ideal weights. Then, they would look in the mirror and wonder why they don’t look overweight. It is probably because the chart simply was not accurate. One criterion (height defines weight) is simply not enough to ascertain ideal weight. Thankfully, these charts are a thing of the past thanks to ideal weight calculators.

 

An ideal weight calculator is an innovative concept. It provides a more detailed and accurate explanation of what a person’s weight should be based on a number of criteria. That is, all someone has to do is plug vital stats into the calculator. These stats include age, height, weight, etc. When the calculator provides the information, it will be far closer to accurate than what appears in a book. Again, the information will be compiled by examining specific figures as opposed to presenting a “ready made” figure based on extreme generalization.

 

However, it is also important to note than ideal weight is sometimes subjective and sometimes it is objective. That is, if you are 8 lbs over your ideal weight, it may not necessarily mean your physical appearance will be poor. After all, even if you are carrying extra fat tissue it may not seriously affect appearance. Personal preference and opinion will weigh heavily on how you wish to approach the goals of ideal weight.

 

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Children and Adolescent ideal body weight calculator is available here.

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