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Body Mass Index (BMI) Table
Locate your height in inches in the far left column. Next, find your weight in pounds to the right of your height (within the row). Finally, note your BMI at the top of the column in which you located your weight. If your weight does not show on the chart, find the weight nearest to your weight,
for an estimate of your BMI. (E = extreme obesity)
See below for information on body fat guidelines based on sex and age,
and limitations of BMI
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Normal
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Overweight
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Obese
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E
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BMI
(kg/m2) |
19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 35 | 40 |
Height
(in.) |
Weight (lb.) |
| 58
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91 | 96 | 100 | 105 | 110 | 115 | 119 | 124 | 129 | 134 | 138 | 143 | 167 | 191 |
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59
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94 | 99 | 104 | 109 | 114 | 119 | 124 | 128 | 133 | 138 | 143 | 148 | 173 | 198
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60
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97 | 102 | 107 | 112 | 118 | 123 | 128 | 133 | 138 | 143 | 148 | 153 | 179 | 204
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61
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100 | 106 | 111 | 116 | 122 | 127 | 132 | 137 | 143 | 148 | 153 | 158 | 185 | 211
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62
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104 | 109 | 115 | 120 | 126 | 131 | 136 | 142 | 147 | 153 | 158 | 164 | 191 | 218
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| 63
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107 | 113 | 118 | 124 | 130 | 135 | 141 | 146 | 152 | 158 | 163 | 169 | 197 | 225
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64
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110 | 116 | 122 | 128 | 134 | 140 | 145 | 151 | 157 | 163 | 169 | 174 | 204 | 232
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65
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114 | 120 | 126 | 132 | 138 | 144 | 150 | 156 | 162 | 168 | 174 | 180 | 210 | 240
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66
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118 | 124 | 130 | 136 | 142 | 148 | 155 | 161 | 167 | 173 | 179 | 186 | 216 | 247
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67
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121 | 127 | 134 | 140 | 146 | 153 | 159 | 166 | 172 | 178 | 185 | 191 | 223 | 255
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68
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125 | 131 | 138 | 144 | 151 | 158 | 164 | 171 | 177 | 184 | 190 | 197 | 230 | 262
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69
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128 | 135 | 142 | 149 | 155 | 162 | 169 | 176 | 182 | 189 | 196 | 203 | 236 | 270
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70
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132 | 139 | 146 | 153 | 160 | 167 | 174 | 181 | 188 | 195 | 202 | 207 | 243 | 278
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71
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136 | 143 | 150 | 157 | 165 | 172 | 179 | 186 | 193 | 200 | 208 | 215 | 250 | 286
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72
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140 | 147 | 154 | 162 | 169 | 177 | 184 | 191 | 199 | 206 | 213 | 221 | 258 | 294
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73
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144 | 151 | 159 | 166 | 174 | 182 | 189 | 197 | 204 | 212 | 219 | 227 | 265 | 302
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74
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148 | 155 | 163 | 171 | 179 | 186 | 194 | 202 | 210 | 218 | 225 | 233 | 272 | 311
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75
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152 | 160 | 168 | 176 | 184 | 192 | 200 | 208 | 216 | 224 | 232 | 240 | 279 | 319
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76
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156 | 164 | 172 | 180 | 189 | 197 | 205 | 213 | 221 | 230 | 238 | 246 | 287 | 328
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Body Fat Guidelines based on sex and age |
| Age |
Healthy Body Fat % (Women) |
Healthy Body Fat % (Men) |
| 20-30 |
21-32% |
8-19% |
| 40-59 |
23-33% |
11-21% |
| 60-79 |
24-35% |
13-24%
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Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol.72, No. 3, September 2000 per welcoa.org
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BMI Limitations:
Using BMI to predict overweight has its limitations. "It doesn't take frame size into account, so people with stockier builds may be considered overweight even if they don't have a lot of body fat.
Tests that physically measure body fat and distribution are better than BMI at telling if you are overweight. A skinfold measure, for example, uses a instrument called calipers to measure the thickness of the fat layer on your arm or stomach." Bioelectrical impedance tests how easily electricity travels through your body - (fatty tissue slows down the current) - to estimate what percentage of the body is fat. These tests involve a physical measurement by a trained technician, such as at a gym or doctor's office.
Also, BMI is not a good predictor of overweight for these groups of people:
- Children and teens, because BMI ranges are based on adult heights
- Competitive athletes and bodybuilders, because heavier muscle weight may skew the results
- Pregnant or nursing women, because they need more fat reserves than usual
- People over 65, because even BMI values of 29 do not appear to be unhealthy at this age, and may even be a useful energy reserve in case of illness"
www.weight.addr.com/BMI1.html
"Body mass index (BMI) is the cornerstone of the current classification system for obesity and its advantages are widely exploited across disciplines ranging from international surveillance to individual patient assessment. However, like all anthropometric measurements, it is only a surrogate measure of body fatness. Obesity is defined as an excess accumulation of body fat, and it is the amount of this excess fat that correlates with ill-health. We propose therefore that much greater attention should be paid to the development of databases and standards based on the direct measurement of body fat in populations, rather than on surrogate measures. In support of this argument we illustrate a wide range of conditions in which surrogate anthropometric measures (especially BMI) provide misleading information about body fat content. These include: infancy and childhood; ageing; racial differences; athletes; military and civil forces personnel; weight loss with and without exercise; physical training; and special clinical circumstances. We argue that BMI continues to serve well for many purposes, but that the time is now right to initiate a gradual evolution beyond BMI towards standards based on actual measurements of body fat mass."
www.halls.md/bmi/limitations.htm
Other reference:
http://welcoa.org/contentdelivery/pdf/aa_7.1_novdec.pdf (p. 5) |
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