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Body Mass Index (BMI) Table *

Minimal Health Risk (Score = 24 or under)

Low to Moderate Health Risk (Score = 25 -29)

High Health Risk (Score = 30 or over)

Weight (LBS)

Height	100	105	110	115	120	125	130	135	140	145	150	155	160	165	170	175	180	185	190	195	200	205	210	215	220
5'0''	20	21	22	23	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43
5'1''	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
5'2''	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	38	39	40
5'3''	18	19	20	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	36	37	38	39
5'4''	17	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	34	35	36	37	38
5'5''	17	18	18	19	20	21	22	23	23	24	25	26	27	28	28	29	30	31	32	33	33	34	35	36	37
5'6''	16	17	18	19	19	20	21	22	23	23	24	25	26	27	27	28	29	30	31	32	32	33	34	35	36
5'7''	16	16	17	18	19	20	20	21	22	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	28	29	30	31	31	32	33	34	35
5'8''	15	16	17	18	18	19	20	21	21	22	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	28	29	30	30	31	32	33	34
5'9''	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	20	21	21	22	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	28	29	30	30	31	32	33
5'10''	14	15	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	28	29	29	30	31	32
5'11''	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	19	20	20	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	28	29	29	30	31
6'0''	14	14	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	20	20	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	28	29	29	30
6'1''	13	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	20	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	28	28	29
6'2''	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	28	28
6'3''	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	28
6'4''	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	20	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	24	25	26	26	27
6'5''	12	12	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	19	20	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	24	25	26	26
6'6''	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	24	25	25
6'7''	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	24	25
6'8''	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	24
	100	105	110	115	120	125	130	135	140	145	150	155	160	165	170	175	180	185	190	195	200	205	210	215	220

Height	225	230	235	240	245	250	255	260	265	270	275
5'0''	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54
5'1''	43	44	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52
5'2''	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	49	50
5'3''	40	41	42	43	43	44	45	46	47	48	49
5'4''	39	40	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	46	47
5'5''	38	38	39	40	41	42	43	43	44	45	46
5'6''	36	37	38	39	40	40	41	42	43	44	44
5'7''	35	36	37	38	38	39	40	41	42	42	43
5'8''	34	35	36	37	37	38	39	40	40	41	42
5'9''	33	34	35	36	36	37	38	38	39	40	41
5'10''	32	33	34	35	35	36	37	37	38	39	40
5'11''	31	32	33	34	34	35	36	36	37	38	38
6'0''	31	31	32	33	33	34	35	35	36	37	37
6'1''	30	30	31	32	32	33	34	34	35	36	36
6'2''	29	30	30	31	32	32	33	33	34	35	35
6'3''	28	29	29	30	31	31	32	33	33	34	34
6'4''	27	28	29	29	30	30	31	32	32	33	34
6'5''	27	27	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	33
6'6''	26	27	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	31	32
6'7''	25	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	31
6'8''	25	25	26	26	27	28	28	29	29	30	30
	225	230	235	240	245	250	255	260	265	270	275

*ACCORDING TO SURGEON GENERAL:
20-25 = desirable range for adult men and women (BMI<20 is associated with increased disease risk)
25-29.9 = "Overweight" or "Obese Grade 1" -- Low to moderate health risks
30-40 = "Obese (Grade 2)" -- Higher health risks
>40 = "Obese Grade 3" Morbid obesity -- Highest health risks

ACCORDING TO LANCET ARTICLE (August 1998)
Optimum body-mass index and maximum sexual attractiveness, Volume 352 Issue 912.
The average woman has a body-mass index of 24 to 26.
Forty male undergraduate students consistently chose an ideal with a body-mass index of 18 to 20.
The incremental decrease in attractiveness was lower in heavier bodies compared to skinnier bodies.

* * BMI Table data is converted to kg/meter²

^{Note 1: Classification according to the Quetelet Index (most widely accepted)
Note 2: Table and risk assessment does not take into account higher weight due to highly developed muscular build.
Note 3: These figures are updated regularly}