FYI: What's a Healthy Weight?

By ACSH Staff — Apr 01, 1996
Why does healthy weight vary so widely for people of the same height? Bone structure has a lot to do with it, as does the type of weight a person carries. Bigger boned people and people with dense muscle mass can safely carry around more weight than can people with large fat deposits. Source Notes: (From Priorities Vol. 8, No. 2, 1996)

Why does healthy weight vary so widely for people of the same height? Bone structure has a lot to do with it, as does the type of weight a person carries. Bigger boned people and people with dense muscle mass can safely carry around more weight than can people with large fat deposits.

Source Notes:

(From Priorities Vol. 8, No. 2, 1996)