BMI Chart by Weight
Body mass index at a fixed height of 5 ft 11 in, from 110 to 260 lb. The CDC bands are 18.5 and 24.9 — read across to see how many pounds separate you from either edge, which at this height is about 7 lb per BMI point.
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BMI Chart by Weight reads body mass index straight off weight, for 31 values from 110 lbs to 260 lbs. Every row is computed from the same formula the calculator uses, not measured or copied from another table, so a value between two rows can be worked out the same way. The formula is the one published by CDC.
Screening estimate at one height. BMI cannot tell muscle from fat, so read it as a range rather than a verdict.
| Weight (kg) | Body mass index |
|---|---|
| 110 lbs | 15.3 |
| 115 lbs | 16.0 |
| 120 lbs | 16.7 |
| 125 lbs | 17.4 |
| 130 lbs | 18.1 |
| 135 lbs | 18.8 |
| 140 lbs | 19.5 |
| 145 lbs | 20.2 |
| 150 lbs | 20.9 |
| 155 lbs | 21.6 |
| 160 lbs | 22.3 |
| 165 lbs | 23.0 |
| 170 lbs | 23.7 |
| 175 lbs | 24.4 |
| 180 lbs | 25.1 |
| 185 lbs | 25.8 |
| 190 lbs | 26.5 |
| 195 lbs | 27.2 |
| 200 lbs | 27.9 |
| 205 lbs | 28.6 |
| 210 lbs | 29.3 |
| 215 lbs | 30.0 |
| 220 lbs | 30.7 |
| 225 lbs | 31.4 |
| 230 lbs | 32.1 |
| 235 lbs | 32.8 |
| 240 lbs | 33.5 |
| 245 lbs | 34.2 |
| 250 lbs | 34.9 |
| 255 lbs | 35.6 |
| 260 lbs | 36.3 |
Questions people actually ask
- How do I read the BMI Chart by Weight?
- Find your weight in the first column and read across. At 110 lbs the body mass index is 15.3; at 260 lbs it is 36.3. The table runs from 110 lbs to 260 lbs in 31 rows.
- How much does the body mass index change per row?
- By 0.7 for every 5 lbs of weight, and by the same amount everywhere in the table — the relationship is a straight line, so halfway between two rows is halfway between their two answers. That is what makes reading between the rows safe here.
- What if my weight is outside the table?
- The chart covers 110 lbs to 260 lbs, which is the range people actually look up. Anything above or below goes into the calculator, which takes any figure and shows each step of the working rather than only the result. Open the bmi calculator.
- Where do these numbers come from?
- Every row is computed at build time from the formula published by CDC, by the same code behind the calculator — not transcribed from another table, which is how a rounding error in one chart ends up in twenty.
Need a different number?
The chart covers the common values. For anything between the rows, the bmi calculator takes any figure and shows the working.
Source: CDC — about adult BMI, NHLBI — body mass index and health risk, WHO — obesity and overweight, and the BMI classification