Men's Weight Chart
A mens weight chart for men of "White" race/ethnicity*, showing weight changes with age.
Also see the Height Chart for Men of "White" race/ethnicity. Your Ideal Weight, and your Body Mass Index here. There is even a page with a Mens body mass index chart.
For male Weight charts of other race/ethnic groups, choose: White, Black, Hispanic, or Other.
Charts for women's weight and height are also available. See the chart index.
The red lines show "percentiles". The thick red line in the middle is the 50th percentile, which indicates that 50% of the population of Men have Weight heavier than the line, and 50% are lighter. Similarly, the highest red line, the 95th percentile line, indicates the weight where 95% of the male population is lighter.
Charts for pediatric boys height and weight are available here. These are also interesting, because they not only show the average height of children, they also show that the tendency to develop obesity in adult life often begins in childhood.
The data source for this chart is the NHANES III survey, conducted in America during 1988 to 1994
* The "Race-Ethnicity" categories.
The exact values can be difficult to read off the above chart.
How heavy is the national average weight of men in America?
The average male American mens weight is somewhere between 76 to 84 kilograms, depending on age. ( for white males*).
| Age: |
20 to 29 yrs
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30 to 39 yrs
|
40 to 49 yrs
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50 to 59 yrs
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60 to 69 yrs
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| kilograms |
76
|
81.3
|
82.6
|
84
|
83.5
|
| pounds |
168
|
179
|
182
|
185
|
184
|
These are the "median" (50th
percentile) weights, which are very close to-, |
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Created by Steven B. Halls, MD, FRCPC
and John Hanson, MSc.
Copyright 2000. Last modified 26-May-2008
