Height/weight Comparison

[coldstream-1971]

hello any have any idea's on how much a male aged 42 six foot eight tall should weigh

Thanks for any (sensible) answers

[grasscarp]

http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Healthyweightcalculator.aspx
Try this.

[grasscarp]

I made up a weight to get the answer and it said 12st - 16st 4lb is the healthy weight range. So somewhere in middle would be 14 stone.

[Captain2]

Or try this one

http://www.calculator.net/ideal-weight-calculator.html?ctype=standard&cage=42&csex=m&cheightfeet=6&cheightinch=8&cheightmeter=180&x=63&y=14

[Zeuhl]

Sadly, the BMI indices are wildly inaccurate

wiki

//Because the BMI depends upon weight and the square of height, it ignores basic scaling laws whereby mass increases to the 3rd power of linear dimensions. Hence, larger individuals, even if they had exactly the same body shape and relative composition, always have a larger BMI. Also, its assumptions about the distribution between lean mass and adipose tissue are inexact//

They have of course served the slimming industry well in recent years, but most people who try it soon realise they would need to be 'skeletal' to achieve a 'normal' bmi.

I think it does more harm than good.

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[treetops68]

The big problem with any calculation is that it is pretty meaningless unless all the various factors of your life are taken into consideration. For example;- how active are you? Do you drink or smoke? etc.. What one person would be comfortable with at,say,18 stone, another of the same build and lifestyle would need to be 14 st. But based on personal experience I would agree with grasscarp that somewhere in the region of 14 st. would be a good starting point.

[Old_Geezer]

Not much to add, save for the observation that I'm clearly not overweight after all. I'm undertall !

[nazia08]

i am also a teen that is obsessed with my weight, i think it is normal for teens girls to want to be thin, but don't go to far. if you want to lose weight do it the healthy way :)

[dekkypoo]

If he was a lawyer about 3 Kilos including the urn.

[boxtops]

nazia, I'm sorry to say that teen girls wanting to be thin can be very influenced by photos in magazines. People aren't really that thin - it's not healthy. Far better to be slim and toned, but there is nothing wrong with having attractive flesh on your bones too. There are so many more important things in life than what you weigh, or what you look like - life is so much for living, not being fixated on your weight. I do hope you too have a healthy lifestyle, not just worrying about what you eat....

[boxtops]

That perishing calculator says I am AT LEAST two stone overweight and my BMI is 31.6.

It takes no account of body size, "heavy bones" (as my mum used to say), or anything else.

How come my GP's not worried about my weight, then?