Then reduce that figure by up to 500 calories a day to start losing weight safely. The new bbc calculator can tell you if you are a healthy weight for your height and how you rank against others globally. Use this ideal body weight calculator to calculate your ideal body weight ibw in pounds or kilograms based on your height and your gender. This can be determined if you know your weight and your height. Or just want to make sure you eat enough calories to fuel your. The healthy weight range is based on a measurement known as the body mass index bmi.
Lose weight and get fit with tom kerridge is on bbc two on wednesdays at 830pm or watch it on bbc iplayer. Using your age sex nationality height and weight it will come up with a. All the surveys apart from wales measure their respondents height and weight in order to calculate bmi. All of the formulas have the same format of a base weight given a height of 5 feet with a set weight increment added per inch over the height of 5 feet. Calculate the number of calories you need a day to maintain your weight. Data used to calculate celebrity statistics.
The welsh survey asks for self reported measurements which may lead to an underestimate of. Sex male female next. The calculator employs the most well known equations to calculate your ibw. Produced for bbc earth by beyond words. Trying to lose weight. To calculate your ideal body weight using our ibw calculator complete the following simple steps.
Use this calculator to find out how many calories you need to maintain your current weight. For example if you are a 510 male estimating your ideal weight with the devine formula you would add 23 10 kg to 50 kg to get 73 kg or 161 lbs. If youre pregnant or breast feeding are a competitive athlete or have a metabolic disease such as diabetes the calorie calculator may overestimate or underestimate your actual calorie needs. Using un data on population size in 177 countries together with estimates of global weight from the who and mean height from national health examination surveys the team were able to calculate.
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