Body mass index chart

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.

    Color Key:
  • 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

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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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