The average American man is 5'9" and 198 lbs, and the average American woman is 5'4", 171 lbs.
The average American adult male is 9 pounds heavier than he was just 18 years ago, and the average American adult female is 7 pounds heavier in the same time span.
The average American is on the edge of borderline obese.
What perhaps is more troubling though, is that these average weights are rising rapidly. The average American adult male is 9 pounds heavier than he was just 18 years ago, and the average American adult female is 7 pounds heavier in the same time span.
I did an image search using these heights and weights, and here is the shape of the "average " man and woman.
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(Bloomberg) -- The average American is heavier than at the start of the 21st Century -- and very close to being obese, according to Centers for Disease Control data on body metrics.
The average American man is 5-feet, 9-inches tall and weighs 198 pounds; an average woman is 5-feet, 4-inches and 171 pounds, based on CDC data. That compares with 189.1 pounds and 163.6, respectively, at the start of the century.
A man of average height is considered overweight between 169 and 202 pounds and obese above 202 pounds. A woman of average height is considered overweight between 140 and 174 and obese above 175 pounds. The average non-Hispanic white American male weighs 202.2 pounds.
The Obesity Society , a scientific research organization, this month classified obesity as a worldwide, non-communicable chronic disease. “Obesity meets all criteria for being a disease, and therefore, should be characterized as such,“ said Cathy Kotz, the society’s vice president and a professor at the University of Minnesota.
Body Mass Index
In 2015–2016, age-adjusted mean body mass index -- a measure of body fat based on height and weight -- rose to 29.1 for men and 29.6 for women from 27.8 for men and 28.2 for women during 1999–2000. A normal BMI is between 18.5 and 24.9. A person is considered obese at 30 and above.
The body mass index for men and women is the same until about age 40 and then increases at a faster rate among women.
Holiday Spread
Keeping weight off during the holidays is a challenge.
Americans tend to add about 0.4 percent to their weight within 10 days after Christmas Day and 0.2 percent gained during the Thanksgiving holiday, according to a separate study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2016.
I am taller than 5'9" and I weigh more than 198 pounds, and that is all I am going to say.
Lol! Let me guess...5'10" 385lbs?
not exactly . i am 5'11" and weigh 215
Ok, sure.
If I wanted to lie about my weight I wouldn't have mentioned it at all.
Well Lenny, I don't see you volunteering numbers. Hummmm...
6' 3" 260 lbs. I gained 30 lbs when I quit smoking.
We are what we eat.
Low fat = mega sodium
Even "Lean Meat" = mega injected hormone levels
What isn't loaded up with "high fructose corn syrup"?
Tomatoes are genetically engineered...some animal genes?
Sometimes the most exercise some get is back spacing out a line.
I wonder what this obesity problem is all about anyhow?
LOL, classic.
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I am 5'9 and 137 (BMI 21) so I guess I am not average.
Congrats, at 6'2 and 183 I'm apparently not either
I'm 5-10 and about 140. I guess that I'm safe.
6' 1'' and 175lbs. I'm not in the puggy brigade.
LOL.
I am also 6'1" and have been, though 1 doctors office had me at 5'11"??? Never been backed up. I tend to think they were part of some BMI BS thing.
Been 210 - 220 (season dependent) for many years. Wrestled at "185", but was that lone wrestler who had to put on weight instead of lose weight because half the time had to wrestle these guys at 275 and above.
6'3'' 180lbs and zero body fat.
surfing every day will do that to ya
Wow, that's even skinnier than me and I have no fat either, 6'5"/210. Hard work every day will do that for ya too.
In my case, 6'1'' 175 being retired does it for me. No stress, no mess and not having to do a damn thing is the ticket.
Wow, you would bum out Big Chief. He's a buddha belly.
LOL, better not let the Big Chief hear that...
word...
moving around and eating properly has a weird effect on people...
I also avoid processed, pre-packaged, and fast food.
Ok, I am the small guy around here.
I am only 5'9" and 150/155 pounds.
At least being closer to the floor you'll live longer in a fire than the rest of us:)
Haha
I also figure, if I piss anyone off, I can probably out run them.
It did make me wonder if this thread is like fishing. Fish may be longer than it actually appears.
Lol no probably about it with me, I can't outrun a turtle
My mother in law is 5'10" and JUST retired again from a second career at 85.
Doc literally said she'll be in triple digits before the bony hand gets pointed at her.
LOL that might have more to do with osteo and shrinkage that height
Hey, we're close Ender - 5'9", 174 - 14% body fat (so far - the holidays ain't over yet).
A couple of pounds.
It just makes me wonder, we have a thread about height/weight and then every guy is over 6'. haha
One thing I will say about this size, can wear (and get away with wearing) better looking clothing than the bigger brethren.
6'4" and 225 lbs. myself.
My 5'1" wife loves it.
That's the important part...….My Wifes likes !!!!! (Thumbs up )
Wow Sammy, you're one big dude. I'd have to stay on the outside with you...
I gotchyer back !
Wow! Now I feel porky. Kinda.
I'm 6' and 240 but if I get near 190 I look sickly. 225/230 is my best fit. 54"chest and no neck...actually it's 20" my shirts have to be tailored, if I buy off the rack the rest of my shirt is one big kite.
I was a gym rat up until about 5 years ago, my friend owns a scrap yard and when I feel the need I go there and sling metal around.
They teased me when I worked at the prison.."you're not made to run to the door, you're made to run through the door"
My wife is 4' 11" and couldn't break 100 if she was holding bricks.
I come from a long line of really tall people...My dad was 7'4'', mom was 6'5'' couple of brothers one being 9'6'' the other 8'5''....Kids are rally super tall...Son 6'5'', daughter is 7'5''.....
Oh, there is one small problem, being dyslectic runs in the family...
I come from short people. I'm five even dad is 5'5". Mom is 5'2". I have a great aunt who is 4'9". But my son is 5'11" as a high school freshman.
I come from short people also. I have no idea how I shot to 5'9" by the sixth grade. Except for a half sister (5'10" - her dad was 6'6"), the rest of my family is 5'4" or under. At family reunions I look like Snow White and 50 demented dwarfs.
LOL!!!! Well played
6'1" , 180-190 lbs. mas or minos, depends on the season, which is mostly just hot.
dependant on whose tape you believe , the government or the drs , I am either 6'4" or 6'3" ( personally due to age and shrinkage its more like 6'2") and if that lying scale in the bathroom is to be believed 210 lbs, it generally sits in the corner until it apologizes , ahabit I picked up from the ex wife. as for BMI , it varies dependant on the season , but generally hover between 20% and 24 % right now its my high end season , have always put on and held about 10 more pounds in the winter than in the summer months.
I've always been measured since High School as 6'-0.5" (yeah 16 years old and 6' -190lbs, no wonder they wanted me on the football team) until last year when the doc measured me as 5' - 11" usually ran around 220-230 most of my life and could work most into the ground in a 12 hr day.
Today it's reversing, shorter and wider..... and the frame has weakened quite a bit, but I can still get it done if needed to, but for no where near 12 hours anymore..... (my heart would bitch slap me and yell "what were you thinking")
And life marches on, the only constant in human existence....
I’m 5’6” and 158 pounds. You’d think I look fat but I don’t. I guess I’m just really solid, lol.
My body is in reasonably good shape, but my brain is buff as hell. You could bounce a quarter off this frontal lobe.
I treat my body like a Temple
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remember Indiana Jones ‘?
that Temple
6'8", 290...depending on how much fiber I eat.