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Body composition & weight

Healthy Weight Calculator

The weight range matching a body mass index of 18.5 to 24.9 for your height.

Instead of a single number this tool gives you a range. That is deliberate: for any given height, a span of weights is compatible with health.

Your details

Typical range: 100 – 250

The values you enter are calculated in your browser only — nothing is stored or transmitted.

Fill in your details and press calculate — your result will appear here.

Formula and method

The bounds come from multiplying the 18.5 and 24.9 thresholds by your height in metres squared.

Formula used

Weight range for BMI 18.5-24.9 at the given height

Assumptions and limits

  • Being BMI-based, it carries the same limitations and ignores body composition.

Scientific sources

  1. World Health Organization. Obesity: Preventing and Managing the Global Epidemic. WHO Technical Report Series 894, Geneva, 2000.

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