How to Measure Ideal Body Weight
Weight Loss August 11th, 2009
THERE are many ways to detect the ideal body weight. However, the medical world in Indonesia has a referral system of ideal body weight measurement, by using the Body Mass Index (BMI).
Also easily calculated. BMI is measured by weight in kilograms divided by the unit height squared in units of meters. Let easy, take an example. Call it altered its name. He weighed 75 pounds. The height is only 150 centimeters or 1.5 meters.
Is altered body weight is now ideal? Let us refer to the following BMI calculation.
Here’s the calculation: altered weight 75 kg divided by 2.25. Figures 2.25 is the square of height 1.5 m. malih The result 33.33. “With the weight of 75 kg, has altered meaning severe obesity,” said Genis Ginanjar Revelation, Aqma Clinic physicians Purwakarta, West Java.
Lho kok bisa? The medical world seems to have set a limit to indicate a person’s body condition. When the results obtained showed figures between 18.5 to 23 means you are normal weight or ideal. But when the results showed the numbers 23 to 25, you are already overweight. Figures 25 to 27, including mild obesity, 27 to 30 is obese is, while BMI was altered on 30. That means she obesity weight. Read the rest of this entry »
Weight Control with Breakfast
Weight Loss August 8th, 2009
If you skip breakfast thinking is one way of dieting, then you are wrong assumption. Breakfast can actually help you keep your weight and slimming the body.
Katherine Zeratsky, RD, a nutritionist from the Mayo Clinic, explains why you must breakfast if you want to keep an ideal weight.
1. Breakfast will reduce excessive hunger during the day so that your appetite can be suppressed too. Excessive hunger can make us become “crazy” during lunch.
2. Skipping breakfast can increase the body’s insulin response so that more stored body fat. When this happens, a long weight will rise.
3. Breakfast will make the body more energy. A healthy breakfast is the fuel for the body to be stored as glycogen that supplies blood sugar, or to think.
Unfortunately, most people, especially workers, are rarely pursued breakfast for reasons of time. If you are very busy, choose a practical breakfast menu, but nutritious. For example, eggs, cereals, low-fat milk, or fruit juice.
