The standard weight of the elderly is 70 to 90kg, and people can't blindly pursue simple low weight when they are old. Slightly fat and proper muscle content are ideal. At the same time, you can also refer to the standard weight to measure obesity. The standard weight is the height (cm)-105, and the data obtained is the standard weight. A study in the United States shows that the elderly who are overweight 10% to 15% live the longest.

Male waist circumference ≥ 90cm and female waist circumference ≥ 85cm are defined as centripetal obesity. Moreover, even if the body mass index reaches the standard, such elderly people should exercise moderately, increase muscle content and try to keep their waistline within the normal range.

Health tips:

1. When people get old, all the functions of the body are aging, and the endocrine system related to energy metabolism is also undergoing "invisible" changes. For example, the secretion of insulin will increase, while the secretion of thyroid hormone, growth hormone and sex hormone will decrease.

Some old people are thin, but they are thin. This kind of elderly people have high skeletal muscle content and strong muscle strength. Not only is it not easy to fall, but skeletal muscles also metabolize a certain amount of heat, so such elderly people are thin but healthy.

Reference to the above content: People's Daily Online-A thousand dollars is hard to buy old and thin? The doctor said: it is better for the elderly to be slightly fat.