My Health: The Right Weight for MeSunday October 25, 2009  After Mark Fast’s near disaster at London Fashion Week, you may be giving yourself another look in the mirror. The Canadian designer’s decision to feature models in his runway show sized 12-14, lead to controversy in the fashion world including one of Fast’s stylists quitting as his team scrambled to finish his design. The three models, Hayley Morley, Laura Catterall, and Gwyneth Harrison, who fiercely took to that runway are considered “plus sized models” by the industry leaving me to wonder, if these curvier bodies on the runway are actually improving our perception of ‘a healthy body weight’. Karl Lagerfeld's eyebrow raising comments on the "average woman" shortly afterward only added fuel to the fire. Clients come to me with mental images of skinny actresses and models and the impression that the thinner they can be the better. They are surprised when I tell them their striving for skinny days is over. Health is in, and this means finding the body weight that is just right-- for you. Research tells us that body mass index (BMI) remains one of our best ways for determining our healthy body range. A BMI between 18.5-24.9 represents the weight range for your height at which you have the lowest risk for developing health problems (see this chart to calculate your BMI). So does this mean that you are healthy if your weight is within this range? Absolutely not! Health is defined by so much more than numbers on a scale. The way we eat, the exercise we do, how we feel about our bodies and our stress levels all impact our health. Along with our weight these factors also affect energy levels and performance at work, the gym and even *ahem* in the bedroom. If you find yourself outside of the healthy range for BMI, targeting a healthier weight may be one of your goals. But more importantly, be the fashionista that you are, focus on improving health not on thinness, and like Mark Fast’s models, own that runway.  by Kate Comeau ATP Nutrition Have a question for Kate? Share it here!  | ||
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