102cm 40ins or more for men. This is something you may have done when your child was a baby using the growth charts in the personal child health record red book.
Dapa Measurement Toolkit
Nhs healthy weight height. Whatever your weight there may be changes you want to make to improve your health making a few small sustainable changes to your lifestyle can improve your health. To find out if youre a healthy weight for your height work out your body mass index bmi. If youre in this range it means youre a healthy weight for your height. However to stay in good health its still important to eat a balanced diet and include physical activity in your daily life. Once your childs bmi has been calculated theyll be in 1 of 4 categories. By comparing your childs weight with their age height and sex we can tell whether theyre growing as expected.
A bmi between 185 and 249 is considered healthy. If youre in the healthy weight range youre a healthy weight for your height. Its still important to eat a balanced diet and include physical activity in your daily life to stay in good health. 88cm 34ins or more for women. The bmi calculator can also be used to check if your child is a healthy weight. Youre at very high risk and should contact a gp if your waist is.
For children and young people aged 2 to 18 the bmi calculator takes into account age and gender as well as height and weight. You can easily check your bmi by using this bmi calculator. 80cm 315ins or more for women. Adults should be active for at least 150 minutes 2 hours and 30 minutes every week. Adults should be active for at least 150 minutes every week. Losing a small amount of weight 5 10 and maintaining this weight loss can have a significant positive impact on your overall health.