Weight and Condition

Are you healthy? Two indicators of good health are your weight and your condition. To find out if your condition is ok you may want to try the Cooper Test. To find out if your weight is ok, just calculate your Body Mass Index (see below).

Your optimum weight

How do you know if you are too heavy (or too light)? There is a formula which calculates a number based on your body weight and your body length. This number is your BMI (=Body Mass Index). You can calculate it like this:

• A = Your weight in kilos.
• B = The square of your length in centimeters.
• BMI = A / B

An example of the calculation. Imagine that your weight is 70 kilos and your length is 1.75 meter.

• A=70
• B= 1.75 x 1.75 = 3.0625
• BMI = 70 / 3.0625 = 22.9

Now you can look up in the following table what this means. With a BMI of 22.9 you are normal.

This table is for people of 20 years and older. For children adapted versions are needed.

Maybe your weight is normal, but this does not mean that your fitness is normal. To know if you have a good condition, try the Cooper test.