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Body mass index chart

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Your body mass index (BMI) estimates how much you should weigh, based on your height. A healthy BMI is between 18.5 and 25. This number represents the relationship between your height and weight. You can estimate your BMI by consulting our BMI chart below.

Find your height along the top and your weight along the side.

underweight
healthy weight
overweight
obese
extremely obese

	60"	62"	64"	66"	68"	70"	72"	74"	76"
100 lbs.	19.6	18.3
110	21.5	20.2	18.9	17.8
120	23.5	22	20.6	19.4	18.3
130	25.4	23.8	22.4	21	19.8	18.7	17.7
140	27.4	25.7	24.1	22.6	21.3	20.1	19	18.01
150	29.4	27.5	25.8	24.3	22.9	21.6	20.4	19.3	18.3
160	31.3	29.3	27.5	25.9	24.4	23	21.7	20.6	19.5
170	33.3	31.2	29.2	27.5	25.9	24.4	23.1	21.9	20.7
180	35.2	33	31	29.1	27.4	25.9	24.5	23.2	22
190	37.2	34.8	32.7	30.7	28.9	27.3	25.8	24.4	23.2
200	39.1	36.7	34.4	32.3	30.5	28.8	27.2	25.7	24.4
210	41.1	38.5	36.1	34	32	30.2	28.5	27	25.6
220		40.3	37.8	35.6	33.5	31.6	29.9	28.3	26.8
230			39.6	37.2	35	33.1	31.3	29.6	28.1
240			41.3	38.8	36.6	34.5	32.6	30.9	29.3
250				40.4	38.1	35.9	34	32.2	30.5
260					39.6	37.4	35.3	33.5	31.7
270					41.1	38.8	36.7	34.7	32.9
280						40.3	38.1	36	34.2
290							39.4	37.3	35.4
300							40.8	38.6	36.6
310								39.9	37.8
320								41.2	39
330									40.3

Review Date: 4/17/2007
Reviewed By: Patrika Tsai, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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