Find your height inches in the left hand column. Average height and weight at various ages male and female men and women different race. Stand and breathe normally. Your weight in pounds x 045 your weight in kilograms your height in inches x 0025 height in meters square that then divide your weight in kilograms by your height in meters. For example if you are a 510 male estimating your ideal weight with the devine formula you would add 23 10 kg to 50 kg to get 73 kg or 161 lbs. This number is your hip.
Optimum average weight to height ratio chart calculates how much an adult female or male should weigh depending on their height. To calculate your ideal weight you need to consider that a healthy weight can vary greatly depending on a couple of different factors. Bmi takes into account both height and weight but not body composition. All these questions about weight and height depend on age gender and race so you really do need to look at a chart page. Maintaining a healthy weight is very important for protection against obesity related illness or disability. Scan across the row to find your weight pounds.
Scan upward to the top of the column to find the corresponding bmi number for that height and. Go to the male or female chart then find your height at the left in feet inches or cm. How much should i weigh for my height and age. Age gender height health bone structure body fat muscle mass are all important elements that cant be neglected. All of the formulas have the same format of a base weight given a height of 5 feet with a set weight increment added per inch over the height of 5 feet. Normal weight thefreewindowsnormal weightpublishes two charts that will let you know your normal weight according to your gender height and frame.
If youd like to do it at home yourself follow these instructions. The weight and height ratio may vary based on the body structure body type and bone density of an adult. Then select your frame at the right and see the range of your normal ideal weight in kg or pounds. Unlike children there is no significant height gain in adults above eighteen years of age. They all play an important role in determining your ideal weight. Then take your tape and measure around the largest part of your hips and buttocks.
Then breathe out and use a measuring tape to measure the inches around your natural waist. If your weight is currently over the healthy range for your height losing weight will certainly be beneficial to your health your looks and how you feel. Body mass index bmi. A persons waist to hip ratio whr can give an idea about whether they have more. I made my average height and weight charts for men and women directly from the best data the nhanes iii datasets.