The weight for your height in the table is the 'desirable weight' that you should maintain throughout your life. It is the weight at age 20-24 years associated with maximum life expectancy. Generally speaking, if your weight varies from the desirable weight given by up to 10 per cent (less or more), you are still within the range considered most healthy. But, depending on whether your frame is small or large, your weight may differ from the desirable weight by as much as 20 per cent without being unhealthy. Some experts believe that to weigh up to even 30 per cent more than the desirable weight is all right, depending on frame and muscularity.

MEN				WOMEN
HEIGHT WITHOUT SHOES		WEIGHT		HEIGHT WITHOUT SHOES		WEIGHT
(cm)	(ft in)	(kg)	(Ib)	(cm)	(ft in)	(kg)	(Ib)
155	5'1"	55.9	123	142	4'8"	45.9	101
158	5'2"	57.5	127	145	4'9"	47.1	104
160	5'3"	58.9	130	147	4'10"	48.4	107
163	5'4"	60.2	133	150	4'11"	49.8	110
165	5'5"	61.8	136	152	5'0"	51.2	113
168	5'6"	63.6	140	155	5'1"	52.5	116
170	5'7"	65.7	145	158	5'2"	54.1	119
173	5'8"	67.5	149	160	5'3"	55.7	123
175	5'9"	69.3	152	163	5'4"	57.5	127
178	5'10"	71.3	157	16j	5'5"	59.5	131
180.5	5'11"	73.4	161	168	5'6"	61.3	135
183	6'0"	75.4	166	170	5'7"	63.1	139
185.5	6'1"	77.4	170	173	5'8"	65.0	143
187.5	6'2"	79.7	175	175	5'9"	66.8	147
190.5	6'3"	82.0	180	178	5'10"	68.6	151

Footnote for Figure 14:
Adapted from the Statistical Bulletin. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, N.Y., 1959.