IDEAL BODY WEIGHT GUIDELINES

guidelines for ideal body weight

These are the guidelines for your Ideal Weight:

The most accurate assessment of your ideal weight takes into account the composition of your body - how much of your weight is lean body mass (muscle and bone) and how much is body fat. For optimum health, body fat should be no more than 20% of total body weight for men and 30% for women.

Ideal Weight Table

The following table is a guide to a healthy weight range for each height and gender. The table does not take into consideration your age or your frame size. A person with a petite physique (small frame) should aim for an ideal weight at the lower end of the range and a person of the same height but with a large frame could quite satisfactorily weigh in at the top of the range.

Height		Men		Women
Feet & Inches	Metres	lb	Kg	lb	Kg
4' 7"	1.397	86 - 107	39 - 49	80 - 102	36 - 46
4' 7½"	1.410	88 - 109	40 - 49	82 - 104	37 - 47
4' 8"	1.422	90 - 111	41 - 50	83 - 106	38 - 48
4' 8½"	1.435	91 - 113	41 - 51	85 - 108	39 - 49
4' 9"	1.448	93 - 115	42 - 52	86 - 110	39 - 50
4' 9½"	1.461	95 - 117	43 - 53	88 - 112	40 - 51
4' 10"	1.473	96 - 119	44 - 54	89 - 114	41 - 52
4' 10½"	1.486	98 - 121	44 - 55	91 - 116	41 - 53
4' 11"	1.499	100 - 123	45 - 56	93 - 118	42 - 53
4' 11½"	1.511	101 - 125	46 - 57	94 - 120	43 - 54
5'	1.524	103 - 128	47 - 58	96 - 122	43 - 55
5' ½"	1.537	105 - 130	47 - 59	97 - 124	44 - 56
5' 1"	1.549	106 - 132	48 - 60	99 - 126	45 - 57
5' 1½"	1.562	108 - 134	49 - 61	101 - 128	46 - 58
5' 2"	1.575	110 - 136	50 - 62	102 - 130	46 - 59
5' 2½"	1.588	112 - 138	51 - 63	104 - 132	47 - 60
5' 3"	1.600	113 - 141	51 - 64	106 - 134	48 - 61
5' 3½"	1.613	115 - 143	52 - 65	107 - 137	49 - 62
5' 4"	1.626	117 - 145	53 - 66	109 - 139	49 - 63
5' 4½"	1.638	119 - 147	54 - 67	111 - 141	50 - 64
5' 5"	1.651	121 - 150	55 - 68	112 - 143	51 - 65
5' 5½"	1.664	123 - 152	56 - 69	114 - 145	52 - 66
5' 6"	1.676	125 - 154	56 - 70	116 - 147	53 - 67
5' 6½"	1.689	126 - 157	57 - 71	118 - 150	53 - 68
5' 7"	1.702	128 - 159	58 - 72	119 - 152	54 - 69
5' 7½"	1.715	130 - 161	59 - 73	121 - 154	55 - 70
5' 8"	1.727	132 - 164	60 - 74	123 - 157	56 - 71
5' 8½"	1.740	134 - 166	61 - 75	125 - 159	57 - 72
5' 9"	1.753	136 - 169	62 - 76	127 - 161	57 - 73
5' 9½"	1.765	138 - 171	63 - 78	128 -164	58 - 74
5' 10"	1.778	140 - 174	64 - 79	130 -166	59 - 75
5' 10½"	1.791	142 -176	64 - 80	132 - 168	60 - 76
5' 11"	1.803	144 - 179	65 - 81	134 - 171	61 - 77
5' 11½"	1.816	146 - 181	66 - 82	136 - 173	62 - 78
6' 0"	1.829	148 - 184	67 - 83	138 - 176	63 - 80
6' ½"	1.842	150 - 186	68 - 84	140 - 178	63 - 81
6' 1"	1.854	152 - 189	69 - 86	142 - 180	64 - 82
6' 1½"	1.867	154 - 191	70 - 87	144 - 183	65 - 83
6' 2"	1.880	157 - 194	71 - 88	146 - 185	66 - 84
6' 2½"	1.892	159 - 197	72 - 89	148 - 188	67 - 85
6' 3"	1.905	161 - 199	73 - 90	150 - 190	68 - 86
6' 3½"	1.918	163 - 202	74 - 92	152 - 193	69 - 88
6' 4"	1.930	165 - 205	75 - 93	154 - 196	70 - 89