What is the perfect weight...?

Question

for a 13 yr old female that is 5 foot?

Answer 1

First of all, there is no "perfect weight". Family history and genetics play a huge part in your "ideal weight".

So, you are 5 foot tall. If you were small boned, and your body frame was petite, you may weigh in at say... 105, since most girls that have reached the age of 13 have undergone the puberty growth spurt. If your family's genetics are larger or stockier with a different musculoskeletal structure, your weight may be upwards of 130.

The US Military uses a height to weight ratio to determine physical fitness, along with a few physical tests, of course, but even they have exceptions to the rules of height to weight ratios. This is why they instituted the "tape test" in the early nineties. There were too many body builders in the service that were obviously not out of shape, but were overweight for their heights because lean muscle is far heavier than fat.

I think the question you should really be looking at is not the perfect height for weight ratio, but rather, you should look at the body fat ratio. Young women actually need more body fat than men to be healthy and to support certain body functions, especially when sexually active. Did you know that if a woman becomes pregnant and has less than 8% body fat, she can wind up with complications that can kill both her and the baby?

Our obsession with weight has done more damage to the psyche of young girls in this country than any thing else. Granted, being fat is not healthy, either, but I think that the obsession with a "target number" may be the wrong approach to take. Instead, look at yourself for who you are, and what you look like. Get rid of the garbage that everyone else feeds you about who you are and are not, and think about at what weight and size you are happy. then understand that if you are happy with yourself, what is the opinion of anyone else? It will show, and everyone else will appreciate you more for being happy with yourself, no matter the weight, than they ever could for hitting a target number.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

divide your weight (kg) on your height ( meter * meter) ex:
if you weight 60 kg and your height is 1.65 first 1.65 *1.65=2.7225
then 60/2.7225=22.038, normal value is between 18.5-24.9