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Ideal Body Weight

Although this calculation will not necessarily give you the ideal body weight considering factors
like muscle mass, it will help you understand a base for what your weight should be.

Please enter your Weight, Height, Age and Gender, then Click the Calculate Button.

Weight: Can convert lbs to kg
Height: or
Age: years          or
Gender:

 

View the Calculation Results Below:

Peoples Choice Ideal Weight:
This shows the average weight that other people of your Age,
Height, Weight and Gender would describe as their ideal weight.
Medical Recommendation:

This recommendation is based on a Body Mass Index (BMI)
range of 19-25.
 
Women tend to imagine their ideal weight is unrealistically low, so they diet
unnecessarily. Men tend to allow their ideal weight to be higher than medically
recommended. Men and Women should learn from each other.
Medical evidence suggests that all body weights within this range are
reasonably equally healthy (for people of your height). Outside this range,
health risks may occur.
Your current Body Mass Index is kg/m2

Use a combination of the above results, to set your own personal goal.
Other results are described below for completeness, but they aren't recommended.

Metropolitan Life tables:
              for frame size:
This range was taken from the Height and Weight look-up tables
created by the Metropolitan Life Insurance company in 1979.
Other IBW formulas:
Dr. BJ Devine created formulas in 1974. Dr. JD Robinson and
Dr. DR Miller modified the formulas slightly in 1983.
Use:

The use of the Met Life tables is very prevalent on the internet, Most websites
label them incorrectly as an "ideal" range. However, the values are too large for
short people, and laughably wrong for tall people. They have no Age modifiers,
and the definition of frame size is too hard to understand.
The Devine formulas were initially developed to set certain medication doses
based on body weight and height. Over time, their use has spread beyond their
intended purpose.
I suggest you use the Devine formula, if you are a man. Or use the Robinson
formula, if you are a woman.

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