Average or Ideal Weight for Height Chart...What's the Difference

There is no such thing as an official Ideal Weight for Height Chart,but many people use the statistics from average weight and height charts to determine their weight goals. Also there are more than one average weight for height chart. As the chart shows below, the average weight for height has gone up for several years.

Overweight and obesity trend chart 1960 to 2006

So Now you can see why I chose the 1971 to 1974. You can see that people weighed less then. If you are going to choose and average weight for your goal weight, use an average when people were a little healthier.

Weight for Height Men and Women

Average Weight for Height of Men (1971 - 1974)

Ht / AGE	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74
74 in	188	199	205	200	203	194
73 in	183	194	200	196	197	190
72 in	178	189	194	191	193	186
71 in	173	184	190	187	189	182
70 in	168	179	184	182	183	177
69 in	164	174	179	177	178	173
68 in	159	170	174	173	173	169
67 in	154	165	169	169	168	164
66 in	150	160	163	164	163	160
65 in	145	156	158	160	158	156
64 in	140	150	153	156	153	151
63 in	135	145	148	152	147	147
62 in	130	141	143	147	143	143

Average Weight for Height of Women (1971 - 1974)

Ht / AGE	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74
68 in	147	157	167	168	171	169
67 in	144	153	163	165	167	165
66 in	141	150	159	161	164	161
65 in	138	146	156	158	160	158
64 in	135	142	152	154	157	154
63 in	132	139	148	150	153	151
62 in	129	136	144	147	150	147
61 in	126	132	141	143	147	144
60 in	123	128	137	140	143	140
59 in	120	125	133	136	140	137
58 in	117	121	129	133	136	134
57 in	114	118	125	129	132	130

Here is the same information with a simple graph added and in pdf format for both men and women:

Ideal Weight for Height Chart - Women (pdf)

Ideal Weight for Height Chart - Men (pdf)