How to check if you are overweight: express method

16.10.2024 13:31

It is safe to say that excess weight is a relative concept.

One girl may consider her hips wide and think that she weighs too much, another is worried about a “thick” double chin, although this is due to the anatomy of the face.

Some, on the contrary, do not notice the problem and think that “there should be a lot of a good person.”

I don't want to offend anyone, but it is important to remember that excess weight can have a negative impact on health. People suffering from this problem automatically fall into risk groups for various diseases.

This is the reason why, during a doctor’s appointment, specialists request information about the patient’s weight and height in order to subsequently correlate these values using the body mass index formula.

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But not everyone has scales at home – for this reason, some people cannot tell their exact weight.

Luckily, there is a much simpler method for determining whether you are overweight, which simply requires measuring your waist.

Normally, this figure should not exceed 80 cm for women and 94 cm for men.

Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Internet resource editor