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“Am I Overweight for My Height?”

As a weight loss coach, I'm asked the question, "Am I overweight for my height?" a lot.

Whether concerned by your body image, or by your healthy weight range, find the answer here, including a simple formula for determining your ideal weight. Also, the #1 resource we recommend for shaping and toning your body at any age by losing body fat at the highest rate, BFFM - called the "Bible of fat loss" throughout the fat loss and fitness communities.

Are you worried about the consequences of being overweight? You are right to be, you know what the dangers of being overweight are.

But before anything else, let’s answer your question, "am I overweight for my height?"

First, check the very simple test of Body Mass Index (BMI), then see on the table below whether it falls in a healthy weight range or not. Here’s how to calculate your BMI:

Overweight For My Height

A measure of healthy weight range based on your height and weight, BMI applies, whether you’re a woman or a man.

A quick answer to your question:

"Am I Overweight for my Height?"...

...is on the Body Mass Index chart below:

As you can see, a BMI of:

18.5 to 24.9 is considered normal

25 to 29.9 is considered overweight

over 30 is considered obese

However, you should know that your BMI is not particularly accurate as a measure of healthy weight, as it doesn’t measure the actual percentage of body fat.

So if you have relatively a lot of muscle mass, you may be incorrectly evaluated as overweight, or even obese. Why? Because muscle tissue is heavier than fat.

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So get this.

The scale can be helpful. But if it’s the only thing you use, it can be very misleading as it doesn’t distinguish between fat and muscle. So the correct question is not "am I overweight for my height?", but rather, "what is my ideal body fat percentage?" >>

Whether you’re an overweight woman or an overweight man:

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