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Weight as per my height
My height is 5"6 What should the ideal weight be as per my height? At the moment my weight is 72kgs
Please advice.
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Dr. Anil Kumar Jain
General Physician
9 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hello there.
Calculate your BMI and if it's more than 25, you are overweight and need to lose weight and if your BMI is under 20, then you need to gain weight.
BMI can be calculated by dividing your weight in KGS by height in metres.
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