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chelsea asked in HealthGeneral Health Care · 2 decades ago

i am 5'10" and i weigh 145 pounds, do i need to lose a little bit of weight?

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  • 2 decades ago
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    Absolutely not. Your height and weight gives you a BMI (body mass index) of 20.8. A healthy BMI should e between 18.5 and 24.9, so you sound pretty perfect and are definitely a healthy weight.

    What does worry me is why you would feel like you need to lose weight.

  • 2 decades ago

    Not at all!

    In 1943, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company introduced their standard height-weight tables for men and women. They were called "desirable" weights, which would indicate those persons with the lowest mortality rates. However, the phrase "ideal weight" gradually became associated with these tables in common usage.

    The "ideal weight" for a small frame person who is 5'10" is between 132-145 pounds.

    As for my opinion, you need some meat on your bones!

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    depends - you may be fat in some places - but 145 is pretty good weight for that height - if you were a long distance runner - u would weigh less... depends on what u want to do with your life - best to eat lots and exercise lots instead of doing the no eat thing, no do thing... anerexia I think they call it.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    You're fine, in fact, you're slightly underweight. A rule of thumb for a healthy weight to height ratio is 100 pounds for 5 feet and then five pounds for every five inches, i.e., a healthy weight someone who is 5'2" is 110 pounds.

    Source(s): Class called "Patient Assessment" University of Arizona
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  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    NO!!! 5' 10'' is tall and 145 is just great. Whoever told you that you need to loose weight is delusional.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    NO I'm 5'8" and I am 150 its perfect I think I have alot of muscles no fat tummy or anything..

  • 2 decades ago

    Nope. If you don't believe us, you could always check your BMI. I've just done it for you- it says you are of normal weight. Go to http://www.bmi-calculator.net/ if you want to check. :)

  • 2 decades ago

    No. You sound perfect

  • 2 decades ago

    no

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