Obesity Chart
Diagnosing obesity is commonly accomplished using the Body Mass Index, or BMI, and one way to do this easily is with an obesity chart. The BMI is used to classify if a person is underweight, overweight, obese or morbidly obese, and it is calculated by dividing the person's weight in kilograms by their height, in meters squared. The result is the BMI.
An obesity chart helps to simplify the task of figuring out whether or not a person has reached the BMI indicator of obesity, which is 30 or more. Using the obesity chart, a person can use their height to find the weight at which they would be considered obese.
There are two simple steps involved in figuring out what weight signals obesity for a particular height using the obesity chart:
1 - Find the correct height in the left column marked "Height."
2 - Check the right column, labeled "Obesity Point" to find out the weight that indicates obesity for that height.
Height |
Obesity Point* |
|---|---|
4'10" |
142 lbs |
4'11" |
148 lbs |
5'0" |
153 lbs |
5'1" |
160 lbs |
5'2" |
164 lbs |
5'3" |
169 lbs |
5'4" |
175 lbs |
5'5" |
180 lbs |
5'6" |
186 lbs |
5'7" |
191 lbs |
5'8" |
197 lbs |
5'9" |
204 lbs |
5'10" |
209 lbs |
5'11" |
215 lbs |
6'0" |
221 lbs |
6'1" |
229 lbs |
6'2" |
235 lbs |
6'3" |
240 lbs |
6'4" |
247 lbs |
6'5" |
255 lbs |
6'6" |
262 lbs |
* Approximate weights
Using an obesity chart to calculate an obesity weight is an easier way to determine if a person is nearing or has reached obesity. And there's no math involved!