Human Weight
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To reduce your weight-to-height ratio, you need to lose weight, not gain height. |
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INTRODUCTION TO THE TABLES : The following tables of "target" weight-ranges for each height (male & female) were taken from a graph on page 1073 of the American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine, 1989. If you are ABOVE the weight range for your height, you should take action NOW to bring your weight to an appropriate level for your build. Some suggestions on how to do that --- while balancing proteins, fats, and carbs (including fiber) --- are presented below the tables for males and females, below. Furthermore, if you are ABOVE your weight range, you should get a blood test and pay particular attention to your triglycerides (the main component of your fat cells). If your triglycerides are above 150 mg/dL (milligrams per deciliter), then you should immediately reduce sugars and starches in your diet. A fast way to do that is to eliminate (or drastically reduce) soda pop and very sugary processed products (candies, cookies, sweet rolls, donuts, cakes, pies, ...) in your daily diet. And reducing very starchy foods such as pasta and breads and potatoes (fried, baked, chips, hashed, or whatever) is a big help in reducing tryglycerides --- and excess weight. Otherwise, you are on a collision course with capillary damage and all its consequences:
There are plenty of healthy alternatives to cokes and flour-products (sugars and starches) --- presented in other web links/pages here. If you are UNDER the weight range for your height, then you need to increase your intake of those healthy alternatives --- in the proportions indicated in the suggestion document below these tables. |
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1. Height (ft in) |
2. Height (cm) |
3. Target Weight range (lb) |
4. Target Weight range (kg) |
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| 5' 2" | 157.5 | 128 +/- 14 | 58 +/- 5 |
| 5' 3" | 160 | 131 +/- 14 | 60 +/- 5 |
| 5' 4" | 162.5 | 135 +/- 15 | 62 +/- 6 |
| 5' 5" | 165 | 139 +/- 15 | 63 +/- 6 |
| 5' 6" | 167.5 | 142 +/- 15 | 64.5 +/- 6 |
| 5' 7" | 170 | 145 +/- 16 | 66 +/- 7 |
| 5' 8" | 172.5 | 148 +/- 16 | 67 +/- 7 |
| 5' 9" | 175.5 | 151 +/- 17 | 69 +/- 7 |
| 5' 10" | 178 | 156 +/- 18 | 71 +/- 8 |
| 5' 11" | 180.5 | 161 +/- 19 | 73 +/- 8 |
| 6' 0" | 183 | 165 +/- 19 | 74.5 +/- 9 |
| 6' 1" | 185.5 | 169 +/- 20 | 76 +/- 9 |
| 6' 2" | 188 | 174 +/- 20 | 78 +/- 10 |
| 6' 3" | 190.5 | 179 +/- 21 | 81 +/- 10 |
| 6' 4" | 193 | 185 +/- 21 | 83.5 +/- 11 |
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1. Height (ft in) |
2. Height (cm) |
3. Target Weight range (lb) |
4. Target Weight range (kg) |
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| 4' 10" | 147.5 | 106 +/- 14 | 48 +/- 6.5 |
| 4' 11" | 150 | 109 +/- 14 | 49 +/- 6.5 |
| 5' 0" | 152.5 | 112 +/- 15 | 50.5 +/- 6.5 |
| 5' 1" | 155 | 115 +/- 15 | 52 +/- 6.5 |
| 5' 2" | 157.5 | 118 +/- 15 | 53.5 +/- 6.5 |
| 5' 3" | 160 | 121 +/- 15 | 55 +/- 6.5 |
| 5' 4" | 162.5 | 124 +/- 16 | 56.5 +/- 6.5 |
| 5' 5" | 165 | 128 +/- 16 | 58 +/- 6.5 |
| 5' 6" | 167.5 | 132 +/- 16 | 60 +/- 7 |
| 5' 7" | 170 | 136 +/- 16 | 62 +/- 7 |
| 5' 8" | 172.5 | 140 +/- 16 | 63.5 +/- 7 |
| 5' 9" | 175.5 | 144 +/- 16 | 65 +/- 7 |
| 5' 10" | 178 | 149 +/- 18 | 67 +/- 7 |
| 5' 11" | 180.5 | 154 +/- 17 | 69 +/- 7 |
| 6' 0" | 183 | 159 +/- 17 | 71 +/- 7 |
Click
here
for a page of guidance on
using your weight target
(determined from these tables)
to determine
"target" grams of carbs-fats-proteins per day
to maintain that weight.
By the way, a gram is about the weight
of a typical paper clip.
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