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Dunno who you're thinking of, but 200lb is easily a healthy weight for a male human. If they're over 6' tall, then their either noticably skinny or they're abou

Dunno who you're thinking of, but 200lb is easily a healthy weight for a male human. If they're over 6' tall, then their either noticably skinny or they're about 200lb. Malnutrition can easily bring the average size and weight down a lot though, so maybe you're thinking of an average weight in that context.

thelastgallon 4y ago
The average American woman weighs 166.2 pounds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As reddit recently pointed out, that's almost exactly as much as the average American man weighed in the early 1960s. Men, you're not looking too hot in this scenario either. Over the same time period you gained nearly 30 pounds, from 166.3 in the 60s to 195.5 today. Doing the same comparison as above, today's American man weighs almost as much as 1.5 American women from the 1960s. At 195.5 pounds, put five American guys in a room and you've gathered roughly half a ton of manhood. [1] [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/12/look-at-how-much-weight-weve-gained-since-the-1960s/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/12/look-...
- cafard 4y ago
  A condescending article in Esquire ca. late 1930s about Pennsylvania Dutch cooking described the local gentry as weighing eight to the ton. I no longer know where I read this. I would add the current Americans on the average are not only heavier but taller. I and some of my cousins have sons considerably taller than we are. (I--a boomer--am 6', my son is 6'4"; a cousin is perhaps 5'10" with one son 6'4", and another who at last viewing seemed to be on the way to that height.)
- opan 4y ago
  I thought even 160lbs for most men was overweight going by BMI.
  - OJFord 4y ago
    No, it's within normal range at average height. And below average for US males under 40 (or any age female).
macNchz 4y ago
There’s certainly a comparison aspect to this…I’m 6 feet (183cm) tall and 155lbs (71kg). My family in the American midwest comment consistently about how “skinny” I look, but I’ve never had any similar conversations in NYC where I live, or Europe where the other side of my family is from.
- mod 4y ago
  My family is from the midwest, so not a new perspective I guess, but I would consider 6'/155 to be very skinny. I'm 6' myself, and I thought myself quite skinny at 185lbs. It's the weight I'm moving back to now. At 185lbs, I wear a men's medium shirt, usually. I do have thick legs. I've always had big calf muscles and thighs, since I was a kid. Maybe that can account for 30lbs, I'm really not sure.
RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y ago
> If they're over 6' tall, My understanding is that having a significant portion of humans over 6’ tall was a relatively recent phenomenon. So I agree with the gp post, having humans weight 200 pounds was not common in evolution.
kemayo 4y ago
It's worth noting that the parent said "average male human", and you shifted that bar quite a lot by saying "over 6' tall". In the USA, the average male height is about 5'9". If you're 6'+ you're somewhere in the tallest 15% of all men.
wyre 4y ago
Our culture around food has absolutely normalized being overweight. I'm 6'3. 200 lbs is the BMI cutoff before being considered overweight.
ericmcer 4y ago
The article is about primitive human and primate sleeping behaviors, and gives examples of tribal people in Kenya and other places. The average weight for a man in Kenya is ~138 and I don’t imagine primitive humans were nomading around at 200+lbs. And 6’ >200lbs is overweight imo.

thelastgallon 4y ago

The average American woman weighs 166.2 pounds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As reddit recently pointed out, that's almost exactly as much as the average American man weighed in the early 1960s. Men, you're not looking too hot in this scenario either. Over the same time period you gained nearly 30 pounds, from 166.3 in the 60s to 195.5 today. Doing the same comparison as above, today's American man weighs almost as much as 1.5 American women from the 1960s. At 195.5 pounds, put five American guys in a room and you've gathered roughly half a ton of manhood. [1] [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/12/look-at-how-much-weight-weve-gained-since-the-1960s/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/12/look-...

cafard 4y ago
A condescending article in Esquire ca. late 1930s about Pennsylvania Dutch cooking described the local gentry as weighing eight to the ton. I no longer know where I read this. I would add the current Americans on the average are not only heavier but taller. I and some of my cousins have sons considerably taller than we are. (I--a boomer--am 6', my son is 6'4"; a cousin is perhaps 5'10" with one son 6'4", and another who at last viewing seemed to be on the way to that height.)
opan 4y ago
I thought even 160lbs for most men was overweight going by BMI.
- OJFord 4y ago
  No, it's within normal range at average height. And below average for US males under 40 (or any age female).

macNchz 4y ago

There’s certainly a comparison aspect to this…I’m 6 feet (183cm) tall and 155lbs (71kg). My family in the American midwest comment consistently about how “skinny” I look, but I’ve never had any similar conversations in NYC where I live, or Europe where the other side of my family is from.

mod 4y ago
My family is from the midwest, so not a new perspective I guess, but I would consider 6'/155 to be very skinny. I'm 6' myself, and I thought myself quite skinny at 185lbs. It's the weight I'm moving back to now. At 185lbs, I wear a men's medium shirt, usually. I do have thick legs. I've always had big calf muscles and thighs, since I was a kid. Maybe that can account for 30lbs, I'm really not sure.

RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y ago

> If they're over 6' tall, My understanding is that having a significant portion of humans over 6’ tall was a relatively recent phenomenon. So I agree with the gp post, having humans weight 200 pounds was not common in evolution.

kemayo 4y ago

It's worth noting that the parent said "average male human", and you shifted that bar quite a lot by saying "over 6' tall". In the USA, the average male height is about 5'9". If you're 6'+ you're somewhere in the tallest 15% of all men.

wyre 4y ago

Our culture around food has absolutely normalized being overweight. I'm 6'3. 200 lbs is the BMI cutoff before being considered overweight.

ericmcer 4y ago

The article is about primitive human and primate sleeping behaviors, and gives examples of tribal people in Kenya and other places. The average weight for a man in Kenya is ~138 and I don’t imagine primitive humans were nomading around at 200+lbs. And 6’ >200lbs is overweight imo.