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Find your body mass index (BMI)

Use this chart to help you determine how much most doctors advise you to weigh. Locate your height in the left column. Scan right across the chart and locate your approximate weight. Trace that column down to the corresponding BMI number at the bottom of the chart.

Height  (cms)	Height inches	Your Body Weight in Pounds
147	4' 10"	91	96	100	105	110	115	119	124	129	134	138	143	148	153
150	4' 11"	94	99	104	109	114	119	124	128	133	138	143	148	153	158
152	5' 0"	97	102	107	112	118	123	128	133	138	143	148	153	158	163
155	5' 1"	100	106	111	116	122	127	132	137	143	148	153	158	164	169
157	5' 2"	104	109	115	120	126	131	136	142	147	153	158	164	169	174
160	5' 3"	107	113	118	124	130	135	141	146	152	158	163	169	175	180
163	5' 4"	110	116	122	128	134	140	145	151	157	163	169	174	180	186
165	5' 5"	114	120	126	132	138	144	150	156	162	168	174	180	186	192
168	5' 6"	118	124	130	136	142	148	155	161	167	173	179	186	192	198
170	5' 7"	121	127	134	140	146	153	159	166	172	178	185	191	197	204
173	5' 8"	125	131	138	144	151	158	164	171	177	184	190	197	203	210
175	5' 9"	128	135	142	149	155	162	169	176	182	189	196	203	209	216
178	5' 10"	132	139	146	153	160	167	174	181	188	195	202	207	215	222
180	5' 11"	136	143	150	157	165	172	179	186	193	200	208	215	222	229
183	6' 0"	140	147	154	162	169	177	184	191	199	206	213	221	228	235
BMI		19	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33

Your BMI	Remarks	Disease Risk	Health Implications
Below 18.5	Underweight		Be careful to get proper nutrition
18.5-24.9	Ideal weight		Most likely to live a long, enjoyable, disease free life.
25-29.9	Overweight	High	BMI of 27 or more = double the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, gallstones, and 14 times more diabetes prone.
30-34.9	Obesity  Class 1	Very high	BMI over 30 = 4 times higher risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, gallstones, and 30-50 times more diabetes prone, 4 times higher risk of degenerative arthritis.
35-39.9	Obesity Class 2	Very high	Early death, severe chance of chronic illness and pain
Over 40	Extreme Obesity Class 3	Extremely high	Early death, severe chance of chronic illness and pain

Your BMI should be between 19 and 27. The Nurses' Health study, based at Harvard University and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and involving 115,886 women states a BMI below 21 is ideal for preventing heart disease in women. The study showed that there was no elevated risk of heart disease among women whose BMIs were under 21. But for women whose BMIs were 21 to 25, the risk was 30 percent higher. Also, the risk of heart disease soared 80 percent higher for women having a BMI of 25 to 29. In the same studies, researchers found that the weight-related risk of cancer rises among women whose BMI was 26 or higher.

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