Ideal weight

In this latest article dedicated to the calculation of the ideal weight, we will refer to various formulas. Before proposing it to you, we will illustrate the main factors that can influence it, in order to provide all the tools for a quick, correct and personalized calculation.

The ideal weight corresponds to the body weight reached at the end of a harmonious development. It can also be defined as the weight at which, statistically, an organism is less likely to get sick.

An individual's body weight is influenced by several factors:

stature

constitution (slender, normolinea, brevilinea)

age (the ideal weight should gradually decrease after the age of 40 due to the inevitable reduction of the bony and muscular masses, however this decrease is amply compensated for by the increase in the fat pads)

body composition (ratio between lean mass and fat mass)

sex (the female body is richer in adipose tissue and poorer in muscle mass)

state of health (osteoporosis, edemis, thyroid dysfunction, etc.).

The body constitution can be calculated by measuring the circumference of the right wrist at the base of the hand and inserting this data in the following equation:

A body weight above the standards is therefore not necessarily synonymous with obesity. Think for example of rugby players or other athletes involved in disciplines that require a great deal of muscle development. The same applies to subjects with an imposing skeletal structure that, for the same height, certainly cannot have the same weight as a jockey.

For these reasons the ideal weight is a parameter difficult to calculate with the simple aid of meter and scale. For a truly personalized estimate it is necessary to rely on more complicated techniques, such as bioimpedance or plicometry.

Not having these tools available, we have prepared a calculation module that takes into account the main non-pathological factors that can influence body weight.