Ideal Weight Calculator
Find Your Healthy Weight Range
Professional ideal weight calculator using multiple scientific formulas. Discover your optimal weight range based on your height, age, and body frame for realistic and healthy weight goals.
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Understanding Ideal Weight
Learn what ideal weight means and how to set realistic health goals.
What is Ideal Weight?
Ideal weight is a weight range associated with optimal health outcomes. It is based on height and varies by body frame, muscle mass, and individual factors.
Multiple Formulas
Different formulas (Devine, Robinson, Miller, Hamwi) give different results. Using multiple formulas provides a healthy weight range.
Body Frame Matters
Your body frame (small, medium, large) affects ideal weight. Larger frames naturally support more weight than smaller frames.
Not One Size Fits All
Ideal weight calculators provide estimates. Athletes, elderly, and those with certain conditions may have different optimal weights.
Health Over Numbers
Focus on overall health markers like energy levels, blood pressure, and how you feel rather than fixating on a specific number.
Gradual Progress
If your current weight differs from ideal, aim for gradual changes. Losing 1-2 pounds per week is safe and sustainable.
Popular Ideal Weight Formulas
Devine Formula
- • Most commonly used in medicine
- • Men: 50 + 2.3 kg per inch over 5 ft
- • Women: 45.5 + 2.3 kg per inch over 5 ft
- • Developed in 1974
- • Used for drug dosage calculations
Robinson Formula
- • Modified from Devine in 1983
- • Considered more accurate
- • Men: 52 + 1.9 kg per inch over 5 ft
- • Women: 49 + 1.7 kg per inch over 5 ft
- • Accounts for body composition
Miller Formula
- • Tends to give lighter weights
- • Men: 56.2 + 1.41 kg per inch over 5 ft
- • Women: 53.1 + 1.36 kg per inch over 5 ft
- • Better for smaller frames
- • Updated approach from 1983
Hamwi Formula
- • Commonly used by dietitians
- • Men: 48 + 2.7 kg per inch over 5 ft
- • Women: 45.5 + 2.2 kg per inch over 5 ft
- • Developed in 1964
- • Good starting point for goals
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