Weight control is often used in the medical field to discuss the management and maintenance of an individual’s healthy body weight. Maintaining a healthy body weight may be different from one person to another. Often the way one would know they have a healthy body weight is through a calculation with the BMI calculator, which is also known as the body mass index. The body mass index calculation will use the individual’s height and weight to complete the ideal weight range you should be in. If your body mass index is calculated at over 30, you are considered obese. While many will use the number on a scale to indicate if they are within a healthy body weight range or not, others will also use their waistline measurement to confirm if they are within range or not. For women, the healthy waist measurement is around 35 inches or less. While for a man, a healthy waist measurement should be around 40 inches or less. With body mass index and waist circumference, it should also be noted that each individual will have a different body shape. From pear shape, hourglass, to apple shape, everyone has a different shape which may change the way the weight is carried, and where the majority of the weight is carried.