Average UK Male Weight by Middle Age now 14 Stone

[R2D2]

Guess that means me at 13 Stone 7 pounds I am underweight on UK average… 🙂

Britain has never been fatter, statistics show

NHS study reveals we are a stone heavier than 30 years ago as experts warn obesity is ‘one of the greatest public health issues we face’

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Al ears]

Guess that means me at 13 Stone 7 pounds I am underweight on UK average… 🙂

Britain has never been fatter, statistics show

NHS study reveals we are a stone heavier than 30 years ago as experts warn obesity is ‘one of the greatest public health issues we face’

www.telegraph.co.uk

I am glad I am not average or above.... 🙂

 

[Gray]

I think a dislike of spending money helps me to stay well below that average.
No real 'treats' for me.
I eat to live, rather than live to eat (just as well as that same dislike of spending means I will never set foot in a gym).

 

[R2D2]

I think a dislike of spending money helps me to stay well below that average.
No real 'treats' for me.
I eat to live, rather than live to eat (just as well as that same dislike of spending means I will never set foot in a gym).

Same here. 🙂

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Another below* here, though I do love food and drink. This necessitates weights at home and a lot of miles with the dogs, but that feels worthwhile. A decent level of base fitness does far more for you than just keep the pounds off.

*Not that I know exactly what I do weigh, tbh. I gauge where I am by the fit of clothes. I used to be very much heavier and kick-started weight loss about 15 years ago using an exercise bike. I got to the point where whatever I did my weight wouldn't budge any further. It wasn't until I put my suit on ( a rare occurrence) that I could see there was more room in it. I'd clearly been adding muscle at the same rate I was losing fat, hence the equilibrium, and hence why fit of clothes feels more useful to me. By that point though, I'd thrown away the scales in a fit of pique...

EDIT: I wonder if anything has happened to average height over those years? Probably not a lot, but over longer periods we've been getting taller, and like for like, taller people are heavier without being fatter.

EDIT2: A quick google suggests male height has increased by around 2cm since 1998, as far back as that chart went - just over a 1% increase. If, simplistically this meant a 1% increase in all dimensions, that would mean we were around 3% more voluminous (!), which is, unsurprisingly, nowhere near enough to account for the reported rise.

 

[GroeneLeeuw]

Glad I´m not english 🤣 😉

 

[jjbomber]

Glad I´m not english 🤣 😉

It's average British person, not english!

 

[GroeneLeeuw]

It's average British person, not english!

Mind your blood pressure, mate!

 

[abacus]

 

[busb]

Mine has dropped to a tad under 90 from 100kgs since 31/12/24. Have gone from pre-obese to overweight. Losing a further 9kg will put me in the |correct| BMI region. Must start early morning cycling again, despite my wife worrying about my safety.

 

[R2D2]

Mine has dropped to a tad under 90 from 100kgs since 31/12/24. Have gone from pre-obese to overweight. Losing a further 9kg will put me in the |correct| BMI region. Must start early morning cycling again, despite my wife worrying about my safety.

Same as me.