Maintaining ideal weight is important to avoid complications such as obesity and diabetes or even malnutrition when the individual is very underweight. To calculate the ideal weight, one must calculate the Body Mass Index or BMI, which takes into account age, weight and height.
How to calculate your ideal weight
To calculate the ideal adult weight, use our calculator:
To calculate the ideal weight of children and adolescents, use the article calculator: How to calculate child BMI.
Weight-for-age chart
The following table shows the weight of girls up to 5 years of age:
| Age | Weight | Age | Weight | Age | Weight |
| 1 month | 3.2 kg - 4.8 kg | 6 months | 6.2 kg - 8.6 kg | 2 years | 9.2 kg - 13 kg |
| 2 months | 4 kg - 5.8 kg | 8 months | 6.4 kg - 9 kg | 3 years | 9.2 kg - 15 kg |
| 3 months | 4.6 kg - 6.6 kg | 9 months | 6.6 kg - 9.2 kg | 4 years | 12, 5 kg - 18, 5 kg |
| Four months | 5.2 kg - 7.1 kg | 9 - 11 months | 6.6 kg - 9.8 kg | 5 years | 14.0 Kg - 21.5 Kg |
| Five months | 5.6 kg - 7.8 kg | 1 year | 7.2 kg - 10.2 kg | + 5 years | + 14.0 Kg |
The following table shows the weight of children up to 5 years of age:
| Age | Weight | Age | Weight | Age | Pes |
| 1 month | 3.4 kg - 5 kg | 7 months | 6.8 kg - 9.2 kg | 2 years | 9.8 kg - 13.6 kg |
| 2 months | 4.4 kg - 6.2 kg | 8 months | 6.8 kg - 9.6 kg | 3 years | 11.5 kg - 16.2 kg |
| 3 months | 5 kg - 7.2 kg | 9 months | 7.2 kg - 9.8 kg | 4 years | 12.9 kg - 18.7 kg |
| Four months | 5.6 kg - 7.8 kg | 10 months | 7.4 kg - 10.3 kg | 5 years | 11.5 kg - 16.2 kg |
| Five months | 6100 g - 8400 g | 11 months | 7700 g - 11500 g | + 5 years | 14.3 kg - 21.1 kg |
| 6 months | 6400 g - 8800 g | 1 year | 7.9 kg - 10.8 kg | ----- | ------ |
How to get to ideal weight
When the individual is out of his ideal weight value, you should consult a nutritionist to start a diet tailored to your needs, to increase or decrease weight. In addition, you should also consult a physical education teacher to start an appropriate exercise plan.
For those who are underweight and want to gain weight, it is also important to eat protein-rich foods like egg, cheese, milk and dairy products, chicken or salmon, and eat every 2 hours to consume more calories. Here's an example of diet to gain weight in: Diet to get fat.
For those who are overweight and want to lose weight, it is essential to increase the consumption of foods such as eggplant, ginger, salmon, and flax seeds, for example, because they accelerate metabolism, helping to lose weight. Check out other examples of foods that help you lose weight in: Foods that help you lose weight.
In addition to ideal weight, it is also important to know the outcome of the waist-to-hip ratio to assess the risk of having cardiovascular disease, such as diabetes and heart attack. Here's how to calculate it here.
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