I am1.7meters tall, I weight 90kg, 30 yrs old. Am I over weight?

Answer 1

yes

indeed

u should be 70kg

Answer 2

Well, yes, at least according to the insurance standards.
90 kg is about 198lbs while 1.7 meters would put you at about 67 inches or 5'7".
Ideal weight would be between 165-170 lbs or about 77kg

However, many people carry weight differently. Your weight could be concentrated in upper arm and chest muscles if you do a lot of weight lifting and so you wouldnt really be overweight.
If you are starting to get a stomach bulge, best to try and lose 10 pounds(5kg) or so. It's very easy for that 10 or 20 pounds over to become 30 or 40.

Answer 3

If you are a male, your weight divided by the square of your height should not be more than 25. This is called Body Mass Index, ( BMI ). Your current BMI is 31! Well over 25. Yes, you are over weight. However, if you tend to be muscular, your BMI can be slightly over 25.

If you are asian, the BMI should be 23 or less.

Answer 4

Although I understand your meaning, you are actually asking an irrelevant question. You might as well say, "I have blonde hair and like listening to Oasis, am I overweight?"

Let me explain. Contrary to popular belief, height and weight ratios are a very poor measure of body composition and health and fitness. I imagine that what you really want to know is whether or not you are carrying too much body fat. knowing your height and weight are not going to tell you this.

Height weight ratios - usually known as body mass index (BMI) are, indeed used as an estimation of a healthy body size. This system is massively flawed and confuses being "overweight" and being "over fat" as one and the same thing.

The BMI system was developed in the late nineteenth century and the research was done on the residents of London. Therefore, all the data used is based on an udernourished, white European demographic, where the average height of a man is 5' 4"! The figures were only slightly adjusted once - in the 1950s (same population, post WW2!) and have never been revised. Already, there is plenty of scope for questioning.

The formula used to calculate a person's BMI is based on squaring your measurements - which means it has a chance of being accurate if you are two dimensional....Tom and Jerry might be interested, but the rest of us might want to be sceptical.

The BMI system allows no flexibility for people of the same height, but with very different body shapes - so Jasper Carrot and Mike Tyson should be the same weight....?

People differ, for genetic and racial background in a number of ways which will affect body weight; muscle and bone size and density, water retention, size of internal organs and body fat. of these, only an excess of body fat is detremental to your health.

Most sports professionals are "overweight"; my favourite examples are England's Rugby Union world cup winning squad. Martin Johnson and Lawrence Dallalio are both obese (although I wouldn't be the one yelling "hey fatty" at them!) and Johnny Wilkinson, like my good self, is very overweight. Brad Pitt would also fall into the overweight catergory when he filmed Troy, as would world champion sprinter Maurice Green and Eric Cantonah at his prime.

The BMI is increasingly inaccurate for those who are shorter or taller than average; both Jean Claude Van Damme and Shaquille O'Neil are obese....

The best measurements you can take are actual body measurements - waist to hip ratio and getting your body fat measured. These give much better indications of your state of health and fitness, unlike your overall body weight, which is simply a reflection of the affect gravity has on you while you remain on this planet!

Answer 5

You did not mention your body type or are you active in sports or weights. And what is your waist measurement?

If you are not, and lived a sedentary lifestype, with a big waistline, then you certainly are overwieght. And the BMI will give a true analysis. Your bodyweight should be 70~75kg.

If you are body-builder or very muscular, then you are not, and the BMI will not give an accurate analysis.

Answer 6

in accordance to the BMI, you're. except your relatively vast boned or have distinctive muscle communities. i'm 5'9" and weight 172.. I artwork out daily and run 6 days each week.. fifty 3 yrs. previous. have been doing this for 30 + yrs. My BMI could positioned me obese too.

Answer 7

Yes, about 20 kg over the normal.

Answer 8

im afraid u r...ur BMI (basal metabolic index) is 31.14. It should be kept below 25...which means u should try to keep ur weight under 72kg. Try to inculcate some walking or regular exercise in ur daily regime.

Answer 9

Yes U R

Answer 10

for me if you loSE only 4or5 kg you will se that no one can tell you that you are over weight

Answer 11

If the chair creaks when you sit on it, you're definetly overweight.