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What If You Are 12 And 5'9 And you weigh 182 Is that bad?

Updated: 8/19/2019
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In order to know whether 182 pounds is a healthy weight for a 12-year-old, one needs to calculate the Body Mass Index (BMI). For weight and height given respectively in pounds and inches, BMI is determined by the expression

((Weight in pounds)x703)/(Height in inches)2

Which in this case equals

((182)x703)/((5x12)+9)2=26.9 (rounded to one decimal figure).

BMI values that have been determined to be in the healthy ranges vary with age and gender, with 12 year olds tending to be considered of healthy weight at lower BMI values than adults, and girls tending to be considered of healthy weight at higher values than boys, but a BMI of 26.9 is considered overweight for all age and gender groups.

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