I am certainly not a big fan of the US army, but when it comes to physical preparedness and injury prevention in various scenarios, my guess is that their rules of thumb are usable. The following minimum and maximum body weights have been defined in Army Regulation 600-9 (16th July 2019), Appendix B, Table B-1 Weight for height table (screening table weight).
Unfortunately their table is neither machine-readable nor in SI units, so I thought to remedy that.
CSV (inches/pounds)
CSV (cm/kg)
awk one-liner to convert the imperial csv to proper units:
awk -F";" '$1 ~ /^[0-9]+$/ {conv=0.453592; printf "%.1f",$1*2.54; for(i=2;i<=NF;i++){printf ";%.1f", $i*conv}; printf "\n" }' WeightForHeightTable.csv
Height (inches) | Minimum weight (pounds) | Males 17-20 | Males 21-27 | Males 28-39 | Males 40+ | Females 17-20 | Females 21-27 | Females 28-39 | Females 40+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
58 | 91 | 119 | 121 | 122 | 124 | ||||
59 | 94 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 128 | ||||
60 | 97 | 132 | 136 | 139 | 141 | 128 | 129 | 131 | 133 |
61 | 100 | 136 | 140 | 144 | 146 | 132 | 134 | 135 | 137 |
62 | 104 | 141 | 144 | 148 | 150 | 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 |
63 | 107 | 145 | 149 | 153 | 155 | 141 | 143 | 144 | 146 |
64 | 112 | 150 | 154 | 158 | 160 | 145 | 147 | 149 | 151 |
65 | 114 | 155 | 159 | 163 | 165 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
66 | 117 | 160 | 163 | 168 | 170 | 155 | 156 | 158 | 161 |
67 | 121 | 165 | 169 | 174 | 176 | 159 | 161 | 163 | 166 |
68 | 125 | 170 | 174 | 179 | 181 | 164 | 166 | 168 | 171 |
69 | 128 | 175 | 179 | 184 | 186 | 169 | 171 | 173 | 176 |
70 | 132 | 180 | 185 | 189 | 192 | 174 | 176 | 178 | 181 |
71 | 136 | 185 | 189 | 194 | 197 | 179 | 181 | 183 | 186 |
72 | 140 | 190 | 195 | 200 | 203 | 184 | 186 | 188 | 191 |
73 | 144 | 195 | 200 | 205 | 208 | 189 | 191 | 194 | 197 |
74 | 148 | 201 | 206 | 211 | 214 | 194 | 197 | 199 | 202 |
75 | 152 | 206 | 212 | 217 | 220 | 200 | 202 | 204 | 208 |
76 | 156 | 212 | 217 | 223 | 226 | 205 | 207 | 210 | 213 |
77 | 160 | 218 | 223 | 229 | 232 | 210 | 213 | 215 | 219 |
78 | 164 | 223 | 229 | 235 | 238 | 216 | 218 | 221 | 225 |
79 | 168 | 229 | 235 | 241 | 244 | 221 | 224 | 227 | 230 |
80 | 173 | 234 | 240 | 247 | 250 | 227 | 230 | 233 | 236 |
Height (cm) | Minimum weight (kg) | Males 17-20 | Males 21-27 | Males 28-39 | Males 40+ | Females 17-20 | Females 21-27 | Females 28-39 | Females 40+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
147.3 | 41.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 54.0 | 54.9 | 55.3 | 56.2 |
149.9 | 42.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 56.2 | 56.7 | 57.2 | 58.1 |
152.4 | 44.0 | 59.9 | 61.7 | 63.0 | 64.0 | 58.1 | 58.5 | 59.4 | 60.3 |
154.9 | 45.4 | 61.7 | 63.5 | 65.3 | 66.2 | 59.9 | 60.8 | 61.2 | 62.1 |
157.5 | 47.2 | 64.0 | 65.3 | 67.1 | 68.0 | 61.7 | 62.6 | 63.5 | 64.4 |
160.0 | 48.5 | 65.8 | 67.6 | 69.4 | 70.3 | 64.0 | 64.9 | 65.3 | 66.2 |
162.6 | 50.8 | 68.0 | 69.9 | 71.7 | 72.6 | 65.8 | 66.7 | 67.6 | 68.5 |
165.1 | 51.7 | 70.3 | 72.1 | 73.9 | 74.8 | 68.0 | 68.9 | 69.9 | 70.8 |
167.6 | 53.1 | 72.6 | 73.9 | 76.2 | 77.1 | 70.3 | 70.8 | 71.7 | 73.0 |
170.2 | 54.9 | 74.8 | 76.7 | 78.9 | 79.8 | 72.1 | 73.0 | 73.9 | 75.3 |
172.7 | 56.7 | 77.1 | 78.9 | 81.2 | 82.1 | 74.4 | 75.3 | 76.2 | 77.6 |
175.3 | 58.1 | 79.4 | 81.2 | 83.5 | 84.4 | 76.7 | 77.6 | 78.5 | 79.8 |
177.8 | 59.9 | 81.6 | 83.9 | 85.7 | 87.1 | 78.9 | 79.8 | 80.7 | 82.1 |
180.3 | 61.7 | 83.9 | 85.7 | 88.0 | 89.4 | 81.2 | 82.1 | 83.0 | 84.4 |
182.9 | 63.5 | 86.2 | 88.5 | 90.7 | 92.1 | 83.5 | 84.4 | 85.3 | 86.6 |
185.4 | 65.3 | 88.5 | 90.7 | 93.0 | 94.3 | 85.7 | 86.6 | 88.0 | 89.4 |
188.0 | 67.1 | 91.2 | 93.4 | 95.7 | 97.1 | 88.0 | 89.4 | 90.3 | 91.6 |
190.5 | 68.9 | 93.4 | 96.2 | 98.4 | 99.8 | 90.7 | 91.6 | 92.5 | 94.3 |
193.0 | 70.8 | 96.2 | 98.4 | 101.2 | 102.5 | 93.0 | 93.9 | 95.3 | 96.6 |
195.6 | 72.6 | 98.9 | 101.2 | 103.9 | 105.2 | 95.3 | 96.6 | 97.5 | 99.3 |
198.1 | 74.4 | 101.2 | 103.9 | 106.6 | 108.0 | 98.0 | 98.9 | 100.2 | 102.1 |
200.7 | 76.2 | 103.9 | 106.6 | 109.3 | 110.7 | 100.2 | 101.6 | 103.0 | 104.3 |
203.2 | 78.5 | 106.1 | 108.9 | 112.0 | 113.4 | 103.0 | 104.3 | 105.7 | 107.0 |