Height and weight

What’s the perfect weight for someone who is 5’4’’?

There is no such thing. It depends upon one’s build. What is a proper weight for a light boned, slight build type is much lower than for someone who is bigger bones and has a stocky build. Also, if you do any type of weight training to develop your muscles, that will add to your weight. Muscle is denser than fat.

I think women in particular have been given unrealistic perceptions regarding ideal weight by the medical and diet industries.

This thread is better suited for In My Humble Opinion.

I’ll move it for you.

Cajun Man
for the SDMB

I agree with wonderwench. According to the BMI tables, a 5’4" woman could be anywhere from 105 to 145 lbs and be a healthy weight. I think the bodyfat % is a more important gauge - women should be around 20% to 25% bodyfat, and anything from 35% onwards is overfat.

967g

Nope it’s just changed, it’s now 967.5. Keep up Kid!

Bah, I’m not into tht J-lo booty. Heck, if I had my drothers it’d be 964g. I’m such a pig…

But at least you are a self-aware pig.

:cool:

I’ve just checked my BMI and it says that at 5’10" 192 lbs I’m almost obese. Wha?? I don’t look/feel obese. I played with it and I was “overweight” until about 170 lbs. I don’t think that I’d be very healthy if I were to drop 22 lbs.

Point is: perfect weights are ridiculus.