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You may have been trying hard to control your weight by weighing it regularly. However, have you noticed your height? Yes, the length of your body from toe to head plays an important role in determining whether your body weight is ideal or not, you know! In fact, you may not realize that your height is still lacking and does not match your current age.
What is the ideal adult height?
If you pay attention, the height of adults in Indonesia is certainly not the same as people from the United States. Yes, Indonesians tend to have shorter stature than Americans. This shows that race and heredity are one of several factors that affect a person's height or shortness.
According to a study on twins in the journal Nature Genetics in 2015, as much as 60-80 percent of differences in height in each person are determined by heredity. While the remaining 20-40 percent is determined by nutritional intake and other environmental factors.
Not only weight, measuring body length is also important to detect disease risk, you know! Experts found that adults who were short (less than 160 cm) had a higher risk of developing heart and cardiovascular disease than taller adults. Then, what is the ideal adult height in Indonesia?
Reporting from the Nutritional Adequacy Rate of the Indonesian Ministry of Health, the ideal height for men in Indonesia aged 19-64 years are 168 cm. However, it should be noted that this figure is ideal for men with normal nutritional status and weighing around 60-62 kg.
Meanwhile, the ideal height for women in Indonesia aged 19-64 years are 159 cm. Again, with a note, this figure is ideal for women with normal nutritional status and weight around 54-55 kg.
However, the ideal height is still determined by your weight. Vice versa, ideal body weight is also influenced by height. So, to find out whether your ideal weight is or not, you can calculate it using a BMI calculator or on the following link bit.ly/indeksmassatubuh.
How to measure height at home
Measuring height at home is easy. Just a little wrong technique, the measurement results can be missed and inaccurate. The result actually makes you appear taller or shorter than you should be.
Relax, you can ask relatives or family to help measure your height. To make it easier, use it microtoise or a height measuring device nailed to the wall for accurate results.
How to measure the right height is as follows.
- Stand upright with your back to a straight vertical wall and not be obstructed by anything. Also make sure the floor is flat and hard.
- Remove footwear, hats, hair ties, hair braids, or other accessories that may interfere with the measurement. These objects will prevent your head from sticking to the wall.
- Make sure your head, shoulders, buttocks and heels are against the surface of the wall. This will help you stand upright and straight.
- Look straight ahead.
- Ask your friend or relative to draw microtoise until it touches the hair and fits snugly against the head. If you don't have one, you can place the ruler straight over your head, then mark the wall with a marker. Measure the height from the floor to the mark on the wall using a tape measure or tape.
- Record the measurement results.
Entering the age of 18-20 years, the increase in height in the body will stop and can also decrease. This is because the growth plate on the bone has closed so that the body can no longer increase in height.
But calm down first. You can actually maximize your height growth by eating foods that contain vitamins and minerals from childhood to adolescence. Especially foods that are high in vitamin D, calcium and protein.
Vitamin D and calcium play an important role in maximizing the growth of teeth and bones. Meanwhile, protein foods such as meat, eggs, and nuts can also help improve bone health.
