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Harumi · 01-10-2003, 07:32 AM

I'm working on a math internal assessment, and I'm wondering what the average human weight per height is. That is, if a person is ye high, what would be the healthy weight to go along with that?

I thought I found someone mentioning something like that, but I'm so abysmal on search engines. I haven't found anything close to it.

Please help? Website? Anything?

braces_for_impact · 01-10-2003, 07:37 AM

a google search with the term 'height/weight ratio' turned up This as well as a wealth of other info.

Godless Dave · 01-10-2003, 08:12 AM

average weight and healthy weight are two very different things

RoddyM · 01-10-2003, 09:36 AM

Hahahaha....healthy weight.... Hahahahaha....wouldn't it be great..... Hahahaha if you could stay healthy .... Hahahah.. by being a certain weight..... Hahahahaha

Harumi · 01-10-2003, 09:56 AM

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Originally posted by RoddyM
Hahahaha....healthy weight.... Hahahahaha....wouldn't it be great..... Hahahaha if you could stay healthy .... Hahahah.. by being a certain weight..... Hahahahaha

Godless Dave...hush. I was stressed when I wrote this.

theyeti · 01-10-2003, 11:57 AM

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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1959 - Male

Height 	Small Frame 	Medium Frame 	Large Frame 

5'01" 	105-113 	111-122 	119-134 
5'02" 	108-116 	114-126 	122-137 
5'03" 	111-119 	117-129 	125-141 
5'04" 	114-122 	120-132 	128-145 
5'05" 	117-126 	123-136 	131-149 
5'06" 	121-130 	127-140 	135-154 
5'07" 	125-134 	131-145 	140-159 
5'08" 	129-138 	135-149 	144-163 
5'09" 	133-143 	139-153 	148-167 
5'10" 	137-147 	143-158 	152-172 
5'11" 	141-151 	147-163 	157-177 
6'00" 	145-155 	151-173 	166-187 
6'01" 	149-160 	155-173 	166-187 
6'02" 	153-164 	160-178 	171-192 
6'03" 	157-168 	165-183 	175-197 

US National Center for Health Statistics - Male

Height 	18-24 Yrs. 	25-34 Yrs. 	35-44 Yrs. 	45-54 Yrs. 	55-64 Yrs. 

5'02" 	130 	139 	146 	148 	147 
5'03" 	135 	145 	149 	154 	151 
5'04" 	139 	151 	155 	158 	156 
5'05" 	143 	155 	159 	163 	160 
5'06" 	148 	159 	164 	167 	165 
5'07" 	152 	164 	169 	171 	170 
5'08" 	157 	168 	174 	176 	174 
5'09" 	162 	173 	178 	180 	178 
5'10" 	166 	177 	183 	185 	183 
5'11" 	171 	182 	188 	190 	187 
6'00" 	175 	186 	192 	194 	192 
6'01" 	180 	191 	197 	198 	197 
6'02" 	185 	196 	202 	204 	201 

North American Association for the Study of Obesity - Males

Height 	All Ages 	Height 	All Ages 

5'00" 	122 	         5'09" 	161 
5'01" 	126 	         5'10" 	166 
5'02" 	131           5'11" 	171 
5'03" 	135 	         6'00" 	175 
5'04" 	139 	         6'01" 	179 
5'05" 	144 	         6'02" 	184 
5'06" 	148 	         6'03" 	- 
5'07" 	152 	         6'04" 	- 
5'08" 	157 	         - 	- 

US Army - Males

Height 	17-20 Yrs. 	21-27 Yrs. 	28-39 Yrs. 	40+ Yrs. 

5'00" 	132 	136 	139 	141 
5'01" 	136 	140 	144 	146 
5'02" 	141 	144 	148 	150 
5'03" 	145 	149 	153 	155 
5'04" 	150 	154 	158 	160 
5'05" 	155 	159 	163 	165 
5'06" 	160 	163 	168 	170 
5'07" 	165 	169 	174 	176 
5'08" 	170 	174 	179 	181 
5'09" 	175 	179 	184 	186 
5'10" 	180 	185 	189 	192 
5'11" 	185 	189 	194 	197 
6'00" 	190 	195 	200 	203 
6'01" 	195 	200 	205 	208 
6'02" 	201 	206 	211 	214

Taken from here

theyeti

Undercurrent · 01-10-2003, 12:03 PM

Another thing you might want to search on is "Body Mass Index", which is proportedly a height-idependent way of assessing health (i.e. a BMI of 22 is healthy for any height while a weight of 130 is overweight for a 5-foot-tall person and underweight for a 6-foot-tall person.

It's based on the principle that, for most humans, mass ought to increase with the square of height, so the ratio BMI = Mass (kg) / [height (m)]^2 ought to be roughly constant over the set of healthy humans. It brings up some interesting details about the Hausdorf dimension of the human form.

Anway, here's an online calculator with links to tables.

m.

Harumi · 01-10-2003, 08:29 PM

*shakes head in disbelief*

How how how in the WORLD do you people find these things?! I need tips or something.

Anyways, thanks everybody. I can work in peace now.

RoddyM · 01-11-2003, 05:00 AM

Sorry...the idea of "healthy weight" just cracked me up. People get buried who are "healthy weight" ... hahahahahah...

The reason why people can find things using search engines is often because they can second guess the reasoning behind the idea. They look for words that people might have included in a supposedly scientific piece of writing that betray value judgements.

If we are talking about peoples weight and height in numbers only... well... then some pseudo scientist with a social agenda is applying dubious statistics that have no use whatsoever to an individual.

I'm six feet tall and weigh about 200 lb. According to some definitions I'm obese. Ha.

01-10-2003, 07:32 AM	#1
Harumi Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N/A Posts: 3,184	Searching for a health chart...HELP! I'm working on a math internal assessment, and I'm wondering what the average human weight per height is. That is, if a person is ye high, what would be the healthy weight to go along with that? I thought I found someone mentioning something like that, but I'm so abysmal on search engines. I haven't found anything close to it. Please help? Website? Anything?

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01-10-2003, 07:37 AM	#2
braces_for_impact Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In a nondescript, black helicopter. Posts: 6,637	a google search with the term 'height/weight ratio' turned up This as well as a wealth of other info.

01-10-2003, 08:12 AM	#3
Godless Dave Contributor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: With 10,000 lakes who needs a coast? Posts: 10,762	average weight and healthy weight are two very different things

01-10-2003, 09:36 AM	#4
RoddyM Regular Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 183	Hahahaha....healthy weight.... Hahahahaha....wouldn't it be great..... Hahahaha if you could stay healthy .... Hahahah.. by being a certain weight..... Hahahahaha

01-10-2003, 12:03 PM	#7
Undercurrent Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Santa Fe, NM Posts: 2,362	Another thing you might want to search on is "Body Mass Index", which is proportedly a height-idependent way of assessing health (i.e. a BMI of 22 is healthy for any height while a weight of 130 is overweight for a 5-foot-tall person and underweight for a 6-foot-tall person. It's based on the principle that, for most humans, mass ought to increase with the square of height, so the ratio BMI = Mass (kg) / [height (m)]^2 ought to be roughly constant over the set of healthy humans. It brings up some interesting details about the Hausdorf dimension of the human form. Anway, here's an online calculator with links to tables. m.

01-10-2003, 08:29 PM	#8
Harumi Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N/A Posts: 3,184	shakes head in disbelief How how how in the WORLD do you people find these things?! I need tips or something. Anyways, thanks everybody. I can work in peace now.

01-11-2003, 05:00 AM	#9
RoddyM Regular Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 183	Sorry...the idea of "healthy weight" just cracked me up. People get buried who are "healthy weight" ... hahahahahah... The reason why people can find things using search engines is often because they can second guess the reasoning behind the idea. They look for words that people might have included in a supposedly scientific piece of writing that betray value judgements. If we are talking about peoples weight and height in numbers only... well... then some pseudo scientist with a social agenda is applying dubious statistics that have no use whatsoever to an individual. I'm six feet tall and weigh about 200 lb. According to some definitions I'm obese. Ha.

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