Ideal Body Weight

Ideal body weight (IBW) is the weight that people are expected to weigh based on age, sex, and height. The ideal body weight today is used as a tool to calculate the dosage of most medications and gauge us if our fitness training or diet is really that effective. There are two different formulas to determine ideal body weight; one formula for men and another for women. Especially nowadays, many of us are busy with their jobs and other matters. We dont burn some calories ending to those fat abs and flobby arms & legs. List below are some ways to measure if we're on the right track or not. 

^{Broca formula}

^{Men: Ideal Body Weight (kilograms) = [Height (cm) - 100] - ([Height (cm) - 100] x 10%)}

^{Women: Ideal Body Weight (kilograms) = [Height (cm) - 100] + ([Height (cm) - 100] x 15%)}

^{Devine formula}

^{Men: Ideal Body Weight (kilograms) = 50 + 2.3kg per inch over 5 feet}

^{Women: Ideal Body Weight (kilograms) = 45.5 + 2.3kg per inch over 5 feet}

^{Hamwi formula}

^{Men: Ideal Body Weight kilograms) = 48kg + 2.7kg for each inch over 5 feet}

^{Women: Ideal Body Weight (in kilograms) = 45.5kg + 2.2kg for each inch over 5 feet}

^{Miller formula}

^{Men: Ideal Body Weight kilograms) = 56.2kg + 1.41kg for each inch over 5 feet}

^{Women:Ideal Body Weight (kilograms) = 53.1kg + 1.36kg for each inch over 5 feet}

^{Robinson formula}

^{Men: Ideal Body Weight (kilograms) = 52kg + 1.9kg for each inch over 5 feet}

^{Women:Ideal Body Weight (kilograms) = 49kg + 1.7kg for each inch over 5 feet}

^{Simple rule}

^{Men: Allow 110lbs for the first 5 feet and 5lbs for each additional inch.}

^{Women: Allow 100lbs for the first 5 feet and 5lbs for each additional inch.}

^{Other formulas}

^{Men: Ideal Body Weight (kilograms) = 50kg + 2.3kg for each inch of height over 5 feet}

^{Women: Ideal Body Weight (kilograms) = 45.5kg + 2.3kg for each inch of height over 5 feet}

^{Note: 1 kilogram (kg) = 2.2 pounds (lb)}

The ideal body weight calculator was discredited by all major medical institutions as a tool for measuring obesity and malnourishment in the last quarter of the 20thCentury. The tool did not account for the nutritional needs of patients, especially women