"Honey, am I fat?"
"I don't know dear, why don't you look it up at ARCHURE.NET"
HEIGHT-WEIGHT REFERENCE CHART for ADULTS
Height without shoes, Weight without clothes
IDEAL MIDPOINT between brackets (###)
followed by Obeseity level *### (20% above midpoint)
Data: Merck Manual of Medical Info, Home Ed. 1997 Chptr 134 pg 647
Obese is 20% above midpoint as per Merck Manual, Chptr 140 pg 685
Merck Manual is "The" standard medical reference manual
ISBN 0911910-87-5
HEIGHT GENDER RANGE (IDEAL)*OBESE
4'10" WOMEN 92-121 (106) *127
4'11" WOMEN 95-124 (109) *130
5'0" WOMEN 98-127 (112) *134 GENDER RANGE (IDEAL)*OBESE
5'1" WOMEN 101-130 (115) *138, MEN 105-134 (119) *142
5'2" WOMEN 104-134 (119) *143, MEN 108-137 (122) *146
5'3" WOMEN 107-138 (122) *146, MEN 111-141 (126) *151
5'4" WOMEN 110-142 (126) *151, MEN 114-145 (129) *155
5'5" WOMEN 114-146 (130) *156, MEN 117-149 (133) *159
5'6" WOMEN 118-150 (134) *161, MEN 121-154 (137) *164
5'7" WOMEN 122-154 (138) *165, MEN 125-159 (142) *170
5'8" WOMEN 126-159 (142) *170, MEN 129-163 (146) *175
5'9" WOMEN 130-164 (147) *176, MEN 133-167 (150) *180
5'10" WOMEN 134-169 (151) *181, MEN 137-172 (154) *184
5'11" .......................... MEN 141-177 (159) *191
6'0". .......................... MEN 145-182 (163) *195
6'1". .......................... MEN 149-187 (168) *201
6'2". .......................... MEN 153-192 (172) *206
6'3". .......................... MEN 157-197 (177) *212
Data: Merck Manual of Medical Info, Home Ed. 1997 Chptr 134 pg 647
Obese is 20% above midpoint as per Merck Manual, Chptr 140 pg 685
Merck Manual is "The" standard medical reference manual
ISBN 0911910-87-5
See my DIET and WEIGHT LOSS pages (several articles on DIET at http://www.archure.net/salus/healthmenu.html
(yea I know, 75% of America is "Big Boned")
I measure myself at 6'1" (doctors say 6'2") without shoes
I weighed 275 lbs in 1991, and 187 in Nov 2003 (still dieting)
See my BEFORE & AFTER photos
THIN IS IN, ALWAYS HAS BEEN
I learned in my Psychology, Human Sexuality class in college the reason why? Because fat hides ones gender characteristics, being skinny shows off the gender characteristics. But even if you are one of the 35% of women or 16% of men with a "low libido" (lack of interest in sex), all of culture and society is wrapped up in sex, even though most people don't have sex with anyone except one person, sex rushes thru peoples minds (men more than women, but women too, just less often) and sexual attractiveness counts toward popularity and success. More about Sex at my Psychology pages http://www.archure.net/psychology.html. But I do see beyond the fat. I say, there's a good looking chick, she just happens to be overweight, lose a few pounds and shes a 10. And I know how hard it is to lose it, it's taken me 10 years, and I am still not done. I need to get myself down to 168.