"Ideal" body weight is a target weight derived from your height and gender. The following is a chart that you can use to estimate your "ideal" body weight range.
There are a variety of requirements to be eligible for bariatric surgery. One requirement is you would need to be about 100 pounds overweight.
- Your post-surgery goal weight will be determined by your bariatric health care team.
- Most patients achieve weight loss in the range of 50-80% of their excess weight after surgery.
- The weights listed in this table are not goal weights for patients undergoing bariatric surgery.
For example, if a woman is 5’4” and weighs 320 pounds, her “ideal weight” could be between 108-132 pounds. She is approximately 200 pounds above her ideal weight and could lose 100 pounds or more with weight loss surgery.
To learn more about weight loss surgery, attend a Banner Health information session or find a doctor near you and talk to a physician.
| Male | Female |
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| Height | Ideal Body Weight |
Height | Ideal Body Weight |
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| 4' 6" |
63 - 77 lbs. | 4' 6" |
63 - 77 lbs. | |
| 4' 7" |
68 - 84 lbs. | 4' 7" |
68 - 83 lbs. | |
| 4' 8" |
74 - 90 lbs. | 4' 8" |
72 - 88 lbs. | |
| 4' 9" |
79 - 97 lbs. | 4' 9" |
77 - 94 lbs. | |
| 4' 10" |
85 - 103 lbs. | 4' 10" |
81 - 99 lbs. | |
| 4' 11" |
90 - 110 lbs. | 4' 11" |
86 - 105 lbs. | |
| 5' 0" |
95 - 117 lbs. | 5' 0" |
90 - 110 lbs. | |
| 5' 1" |
101 - 123 lbs. | 5' 1" |
95 - 116 lbs. | |
| 5' 2" |
106 - 130 lbs. | 5' 2" |
99 - 121 lbs. | |
| 5' 3" |
112 - 136 lbs. | 5' 3" |
104 - 127 lbs. | |
| 5' 4" |
117 - 143 lbs. | 5' 4" |
108 - 132 lbs. | |
| 5' 5" |
122 - 150 lbs. | 5' 5" |
113 - 138 lbs. | |
| 5' 6" |
128 - 156 lbs. | 5' 6" |
117 - 143 lbs. | |
| 5' 7" |
133 - 163 lbs. | 5' 7" |
122 - 149 lbs. | |
| 5' 8" |
139 - 169 lbs. | 5' 8" |
126 - 154 lbs. | |
| 5' 9" |
144 - 176 lbs. | 5' 9" |
131 - 160 lbs. | |
| 5' 10" |
149 - 183 lbs. | 5' 10" |
135 - 165 lbs. | |
| 5' 11" |
155 - 189 lbs. | 5' 11" |
140 - 171 lbs. | |
| 6' 0" |
160 - 196 lbs. | 6' 0" |
144 - 176 lbs. | |
| 6' 1" |
166 - 202 lbs. | 6' 1" |
149 - 182 lbs. | |
| 6' 2" |
171 - 209 lbs. | 6' 2" |
153 - 187 lbs. | |
| 6' 3" |
176 - 216 lbs. | 6' 3" |
158 - 193 lbs. | |
| 6' 4" |
182 - 222 lbs. | 6' 4" |
162 - 198 lbs. | |
| 6' 5" |
187 - 229 lbs. | 6' 5" |
167 - 204 lbs. | |
| 6' 6" |
193 - 235 lbs. | 6' 6" |
171 - 209 lbs. | |
| 6' 7" |
198 - 242 lbs. | 6' 7" |
176 - 215 lbs. | |
| 6' 8" |
203 - 249 lbs. | 6' 8" |
180 - 220 lbs. | |
| 6' 9" |
209 - 255 lbs. | 6' 9" |
185 - 226 lbs. | |
| 6' 10" |
214 - 262 lbs. | 6' 10" |
189 - 231 lbs. | |
| 6' 11" |
220 - 268 lbs. | 6' 11" |
194 - 237 lbs. | |
| 7' 0" |
225 - 275 lbs. | 7' 0" |
198 - 242 lbs. | |
The original ideal body weight chart was developed by MET Life, 1943.
