Healthy Weight
Convent ally speaking healthy weight refers to the weight ranges in different age groups associated with less morbidity and less mortality as a outcome a probable weight gain or loss. Merely looking into mirror you cannot define your healthy weight or the weight range in which you fall in. This needs a proper methodology and a statistical tool to let you know about your healthy weight range.
Carbohydrate
Protein
Fat
Minerals
Vitamins
Are present in the required quantities and specific proportions to meet all the body requirements of body for optimum functioning and growth and development. And also there is no overnutrition or undernutrition or specific deficiency of a nutrient.
Defining Healthy Weight
A healthy weight is defined in the terms of a statistical application or tool called Body Mass Index. A range BMI of 18 to 25 lies in the healthy weight limits for age of 35 years or less and this range is further relaxed from 21 to 27 for older age groups.Implications of healthy weight
There are different things which can be assessed from healthy weight. Healthy weight gives good idea about the following things.Health Status
A person in range within the healthy weight BMI range gives a fair idea about the health status of the body of that person. Healthy weight indicates that his growth is proper and is in complete harmony with the age and height. All his body organs are being properly nourished and growth and development of each is good and complete.Nutritional Status
Healthy weight indicates that person is enjoying balanced diet condition and there is absence of any kind of malnutrition. He takes proper diet in which all the essential nutrients.Carbohydrate
Protein
Fat
Minerals
Vitamins
Are present in the required quantities and specific proportions to meet all the body requirements of body for optimum functioning and growth and development. And also there is no overnutrition or undernutrition or specific deficiency of a nutrient.
