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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 exact
by 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 agoA 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 agoI thought even 160lbs for most men was overweight going by BMI.
- OJFord 4y agoNo, it's within normal range at average height. And below average for US males under 40 (or any age female).