The health of our body depends on perfect cohesion of all organs and is therefore also a question of kilos and centimeters. A fat belly, for example, influences the way you walk causing you to lose agility and thus compromising the perfect functioning of other parts of the body. So what is the ideal weight?

There are no standard measurements, it is clear that a small person cannot have the same ideal measurements as a person of the same height with a robust bone structure. Just as the line and the harmony of the shapes do not have an equal unit of measurement, indifferent for everyone.

Therefore, in calculating the weight and the ideal measurements of the various parts of the body, in relation to the height, it is also necessary to take into account the bone structure of each one.

The following table will tell you what your body weight should be in relation to your build and height and will help you to discover any disproportions of your body. If after consulting this table you have decided to lose a few kilos to allow your figure to reach the right proportions, be careful and do not rush.

Ideal weight
Height		152	153	154	155	156	157	158	159	160	161	162	163	164	165	166	167	168	169	170
Weight in KG	thin	43	44	44	45	45	46	47	47	48	48	49	50	50	51	52	52	53	54	55
	normal	49	50	50	51	51	52	53	53	54	54	55	56	56	57	58	58	59	60	60
	robust	55	56	56	57	57	58	59	59	60	60	61	62	62	63	64	64	65	66	67
Neck	thin	28.5	29	29	29	29.5	29.5	29.5	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
	normal	31	31	31	31	31.5	31.5	31.5	32	32	32	32	32	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	33	33	33
	robust	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33.5	33.5	33.5	33.5	33.5	34	34	34	34	34	34	34
Shoulders	thin	88	88	89	89	89	90	90.5	90.5	91	91.5	92	93	93	93.5	93.5	94	94	94.5	94.5
	normal	94	94.5	94.5	95	95	96	96	96.5	97	97.5	97.5	98	98	98.5	98.5	99	99	99.5	99.5
	robust	99	99.5	99.5	100	100	100.5	101	101	101.5	102	102	102	102.5	103	103	103.5	104	104.5	104.5
Chest	thin	78	79	80	80	80.5	81	81	81	81.5	81.5	82	83	83.5	83.5	84	84	84.5	84.5	85
	normal	84	84	85	85	85.5	86	86	86.5	87	87	87.5	88	88	88	88.5	88.5	89	89	89.5
	robust	88.5	89	90	90	90.5	90.5	91	91	91	91.5	92	92	92	92.5	93	93	93.5	93.5	94
Thorax	thin	69	69.5	70	70.5	70.5	71	71	71	71.5	72	72	72.5	73	73.5	74	74	74.5	74.5	75
	normal	74	74	74.5	75	75	75.5	76	76	76.5	76.5	77	77	77.5	77.5	78	78	78.5	78.5	79
	robust	78.5	78.5	79	79.5	79.5	80	80	80	80.5	80.5	81	81	81.5	81.5	82	82	82	82.5	82.5
Life	thin	56.5	57	57	57.5	58	58	58.5	58.5	59	59	59.5	60	60	61	61	61	61.5	61.5	61.5
	normal	61	61	61	61.5	62	62	62.5	62.5	63	63	63.5	63.5	64	64	64	64.5	64.5	65	65
	robust	64	64.5	65	65	65.5	65.5	65.5	66	66	66	66.5	66.5	67	67	67.5	67.5	67.5	68	68
Kiss	thin	84	84.5	85	85	85.5	86	86.5	87	87.5	87.5	88	88.5	89	89.5	89.5	90	90	90.5	90.5
	normal	90	90	90.5	91	91.5	92	92.5	92.5	93	93	93.5	94	94	94.5	94.5	95	95	95.5	95.5
	robust	95.5	95.5	96	96	96.5	96.5	97	97.5	98	98	98.5	99	99	99.5	99.5	100	100	100	100.5
Leg	thin	45.5	45.5	46	46	46	46.5	46.5	47	47	47	47.5	47.5	48	48	48	48.5	48.5	48.5	48.5
	normal	48.5	48.5	49	49	49	49.5	49.5	49.5	50	50	50	50.5	50.5	51	51	51	51	51.5	51.5
	robust	51.5	51.5	52	52	52	52.5	52.5	52.5	52.5	52.5	53	53	53	53	53.5	53.5	53.5	53.5	53.5
Above the knee	thin	32	32	32	32	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	33	33	33	33	33.5	33.5	33.5	33.5	33.5	34	34
	normal	34	34	34	34	34.5	34.5	34.5	35	35	35	35	35	35.5	35.5	35.5	35.5	36	36	36
	robust	36	36	36	36	36.5	36.5	36.5	36.5	36.5	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37.5	37.5	37.5
Calf	thin	30	30	30	30	30.5	30.5	30.5	30.5	31	31	31	31	31	31.5	31.5	32	32	32	32
	normal	32	32	32	32	32.5	32.5	32.5	33	33	33	33	33	33	33.5	33.5	33.5	33.5	34	34
	robust	34	34	34	34	34	34.5	34.5	34.5	34.5	34.5	34.5	34.5	35	35	35	35	35	35.3	35.5
Ankle	thin	17	17	17	17	17	17.5	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18.5	18.5	18.5	18.5	18.5
	normal	18.5	18.5	18.5	18.5	18.5	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19.5	19.5	19.5	19.5	19.5
	robust	19	19	19	19.5	19.5	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20.5	20.5	20.3	20.5	20.5

A weight loss diet conducted in a rapid and violent way could sadly lead you to worse results than the evils you want to remedy. The tissues of the body, losing consistency and elasticity could relax, the muscles weaken without counting the dangers that the skin runs following a slimming diet that eliminates fat from the table too drastically. However, the most difficult thing is not to lose weight but to maintain the hard-earned levels.

The lack of constancy and a serious motivation to support it is the reason why many slimming treatments fail. Remember that if there were two million people in a city, everyone would be unhappy with their weight. Since many would like a few more kilos, the majority a few or many kilos less, but all would be interested in slimming treatments either because they are fat, or because they have been, or because they are afraid of becoming fat.

The most frequently asked question on the subject is: Is there a slimming food?

The answer is certainly not! Every food brought to the mouth in small or large quantities has its own value in Calories, whether they are few or many, they are the final and daily sum of all the Calories ingested that counts. You can get fat eating salads and steaks, you can lose weight eating pasta, it’s the sum of calories that counts. For young people who don’t want to gain weight, they shouldn’t ingest more than 2000 calories in a day.

To achieve this result for many there is no need for a very strict diet. You can remove excess calories by eliminating a few foods or decreasing the amount. Sometimes it is enough to give up a few extra pastries or chocolates, snacks and fizzy drinks. Be wary of extraordinary diets that usually lack a scientific basis. As well as those that absolutely prohibit a whole category of foods such as carbohydrates.

Let’s keep in mind that our body needs about five fundamental elements in nutrition and that no food contains them all at the same time. Therefore, a diet based on a wide variety of foods must be followed. Normally we tend to eliminate cereals, bread, potatoes, rich carbohydrate sources. We remind you that carbohydrates are also essential during a slimming cure, because they provide the reserve that the liver needs to give the body sufficient energy. It is not useless to repeat that our good health is also linked to a healthy and complete diet. So don’t get caught up in the diet craze. In any case it is advisable to rely on the advice of a dietician.

There is a saying that man spends the first half of his life ruining his health and the second half taking care of himself. Proper nutrition is a way to take care of yourself.

There will certainly be women or men with weight problems who will not be satisfied after reading this article. For those who don’t agree with it, the article is complete with a list of diets of illustrious names in medicine, in alphabetical order, together with other diets not signed by famous names but which have had their moment of fame over time.

There is only the embarrassment of choice and I hope I have thus satisfied those dissatisfied readers, and I apologize now for having put you in a crisis but this was precisely my goal to highlight the difficulty of the choice.

Antoine’s dissociated diet: it consists of eating a different food every day with no quantity limits, and with the absolute prohibition of drinking during meals. Usually, the sequence of foods is as follows: Monday – vegetables; Tuesday –meat; wednesday –eggs; Thursday – milk; Friday-fish; Saturday – fruit; Sunday is reserved for free feeding. Bauling Hervey diet: offers a daily menu (always the same) including 360 to 450 g of fish or lean meat, unsweetened black tea, vegetables, 90 g of biscuits or toast, 60-90 g of fruit and 4-6 glasses of red wine. Bertrand’s diet: it is a regimen of approximately 1,500 calories per day with the following schedule: breakfast: a cup of coffee and a piece of toast; breakfast: 100 g of tomato salad, 100 g of grilled meat, 200 g of fresh green beans, 200 g of fruit and a yoghurt; snack: a cup of tea and toast; lunch: a soft-boiled egg, 200 g of lettuce, 200 g of fruit compote. During the 24 hours you can not consume more than: 20 g of butter, 100 g of milk, 10 g of olive oil, 50 g of bread, 20 g of sugar and 10 g of salt. The patient is advised not to drink while eating and to remain in bed rest. Bouchard’s diet: lasting 20 days, it includes 5 meals a day, each consisting of 250 g of milk and an egg, without other drinks.

Donald G. Cooley Diet: It is a high-protein, low-calorie diet that considers calories and the need for hygienic living. It is divided into three meals (breakfast, breakfast and lunch) and each one contains an abundant amount of protein.Cooley’s diet should be followed for no more than 10 days and provides for a weight loss of about 4-5 kg. As an example, the menu for the first day of treatment is shown. Breakfast: two cups of coffee without milk and sugar (with saccharin) or tea with lemon, three or four fresh apricots or cooked fruit; breakfast: 125 g of grilled lean beef tenderloin, two sliced tomatoes, half a glass of low-fat milk; lunch: a glass of vegetable juice, 100 g of fat-free roast beef, cucumber salad, tomatoes, radicchio. Ebstein’s diet: consists of the following daily menu: breakfast: a cup of bitter black tea, 50 g of toasted bread, 30 g of butter; breakfast: a cup of meat broth with egg, 180 g of fish or meat, 200 g of vegetables, 200 g of fruit; lunch: a cup of tea, an egg, 80 g of roast or ham or sausage, 30 g of white bread.

Galdi’s diet: breakfast: 100 cc of milk with coffee and 60 g of bread; breakfast: 200 g of grilled meat, 200 g of vegetables, 200 g of fruit, 60 g of bread; lunch: 100 g of grilled meat, 100 g of vegetables, 30 g of bread, 100 g of fruit. The caloric value is approximately 1,090 Calories.

Gayelord-Hauseur diet: proposes a genuine diet based on fruit, vegetables, vegetable juices, foods based on whole grains, unpolished rice and milk; denies the use of sugar, refined white flour, animal fats, mayonnaise, alcohol, coconut milk, etc. He particularly recommends wheat germ and its oil; cod liver oil, brewer’s yeast, powdered milk.

Germain See Diet: It is based on limiting sugar (but not fruits and vegetables.) Gordon’s diet: it is a low-calorie diet, administered after 48 hours of fasting and divided into 6 daily meals, more or less of the same volume and of the same caloric value: approximately 100 g of proteins, 80 of fats, 50 of carbohydrates for a total of 1,320 Calories.

Guelpa diet: it consists only of drinking water, vegetable broth or light tea for 2 -3 days, with the administration of epsom salt.

Harrop’s diet: breakfast: one glass of skim milk and two of bananas; 10 am: a banana; lunch: 150 g of salad or cabbage seasoned with a table spoon of mayonnaise; 4 pm: a banana and a glass of skimmed milk; dinner: two bananas with one or two glasses of milk. This diet has a total of about 1000 calories.After the ten days of treatment, you must follow this diet: breakfast: a glass of skimmed milk or a yogurt, plus two bananas; 10 am: soft-boiled egg or a glass of skimmed milk; breakfast: a glass of skim milk and two bananas; lunch: a defatted broth consommé, more than 100 g of lean meat with 150 g of vegetables dressed with a spoonful of mayonnaise, plus 10 g of bread integrated with a curl of butter.

Humbert’s diet: first breakfast: coffee or tea without sugar, 20 g of milk, 45 g of black bread; 10 am: 100 g of fruit; breakfast: 200 g of roasted meat, 200 g of boiled vegetables, 80 g of fruit (apples); 30 g of black bread; snack: coffee or tea without sugar, 20 g of milk; lunch: 100 g of roasted meat, 100 g of boiled vegetables, 20 g of black bread; 10 pm: 100 g of fruit (apples). This 885 Calorie Value Diet lasts for 30 days. Oeter’s diet: provides for a reduction of fats and sugars, high quantities of proteins, very little fluids, intense sporting activity;

Scopinaro’s diet: breakfast: coffee with saccharin; breakfast: 300 g of raw vegetables mixed in a salad with a spoonful of olive oil and vinegar or lemon, 200 g of lean grilled beef, 4 bread sticks, 400 g of apples; lunch: 150 g of mozzarella or 100 g of stracchino cheese, 4 bread sticks, 400 g of apples. If the readers are still not satisfied, here are some of the many famous unsigned diets in the world. Monotonous diet: meals at fixed hours, with the same menu; 8 am: 200 g of skimmed milk: 1 pm: 300 g of potato salad (with 2 teaspoons of oil, salt, parsley, vinegar) and a hard-boiled egg. High protein diet: breakfast: coffee without sugar with a little milk; breakfast: 250 g of roasted meat, lemon, 40 g of wholemeal bread, orange, coffee without sugar; lunch: 250 g of roast chicken, 40 g of wholemeal bread, an apple.

Balanced diet: 8 am: 150 g of milk and 100 g of apples; 10 am: 100 g of baked potatoes and 100 g of oranges; breakfast: 100 g of spaghetti with sauce, veal croquettes and green beans, 40 g of wholemeal bread; lunch: creamed spinach, potatoes and 40 g of bread. Single meal diet: in the evening: 250 of boiled rice, 240 g of beef, 50 g of vegetable oil, 165 of tomatoes, 470 g of fruit; during the day: six cups of tea, 360 g of lemon juice, 260 g of orange juice, vitamins and salts.

Greedy diet: 8 am: a coffee-cream without sugar; 10 am and 4 pm: 100 g of strawberry ice cream; 1 pm and 8 pm: 100 g of cream ice cream and 250 g of milk. Milky diet: a liter of milk, divided into five portions to drink during the day. We could go on indefinitely with the grapefruit, jockey, potato, tomato and pineapple diet but I’ll stop here hoping I’ve satisfied everyone a bit.