Average dress size of a "healthy" woman

[Indie]

girls with hips are just win all round. prefer my women to actually look like women.. not small skinny boyish things.
my missus is 6ft tall, size 12. fantastic hips! perrfect... well for me at least

 

[Gaygle]

8?

 

[alexthecheese]

Of those up there ^^^ I'd go with a 12. Yum.

 

[semi-pro waster]

You're wrong, it's broken as designed, the exponent of 2 on height assumes an incorrect scaling and means that being taller you're automatically considered more overweight.

Ok, let's say the scaling is incorrect, it still gives broadly applicable results for a large percentage of the population - that's what it was designed to do. People at the ends of almost any generalised scale tend to be the more problematic by the very nature of having a generalised scale. I've already pointed out that it isn't designed to replace an individual assessment of the physical condition of a person.

 

[gillywibble]

26.

 

[Cosimo]

26.

You like 'em big.

 

[Begbie]

I like my girls abit fuller, that size 14 model is the dogs knees. Cold morning in bed which one would you want a cuddle off ?

Model though, most size 14s have the lumbs in wrong places. yuck

 

[Muzy]

10-14 depends on the H.W of the body

 

[sanaxe1]

6-10 depending on there height

 

[Skully]

My girlfriend is 6' 3" and is a size 12.

Not too skinny as she actually has meat on her! She eats almost as much as me too!

 

[romperstomper]

1950 – Marylin Monroe (Size 14)

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read on though

"1950 – Marylin Monroe (Size 14)

Update: MAM885 says

I’ve read in a couple very reliable sources (women’s fitness magazines) that Monroe’s “size 14″ is comparable to a size 8 today, due to vanity sizing and such."

 

[LiE]

8-12

 

[britboy4321]

I'd say size 10 is the healthiest.

 

[bam0]

Ok, let's say the scaling is incorrect, it still gives broadly applicable results for a large percentage of the population - that's what it was designed to do. People at the ends of almost any generalised scale tend to be the more problematic by the very nature of having a generalised scale. I've already pointed out that it isn't designed to replace an individual assessment of the physical condition of a person.

It was devised sometime in the early 1800s, it is probably applicable to a much smaller % of the population now than then. Additionally a generalised scale that is known to be weighted at one end (small people can be proportionally fatter and not classed as overweight) will badly skew any averages you create with it and rather negates it's use for assessing populations.

 

[Indie]

My girlfriend is 6' 3" and is a size 12.

Not too skinny as she actually has meat on her! She eats almost as much as me too!

good lad !!

 

[Dr House]

How do you measure bone density?

with a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan

I would assume for an average hight women with a BMI of around 22 they should be a size 10.


I generally like girls that are on the low side of a size 8.

 

[Hatter The Mad]

Like it or not I think in reality it's 14.

Are you sure you're not confusing 'average healthy' with 'average'?

 

[Hatter The Mad]

I like my girls abit fuller, that size 14 model is the dogs knees. Cold morning in bed which one would you want a cuddle off ?

12, because I don't want to be crushed

 

[Buffman]

I have no idea what womens sizes looks like, I'd assume 8 is small/skinny and 16+ is pretty fat though.

out of interest (Not that I'm planning to buy womens clothing.... Or am I....)
how many " is a size 8, 28"?

 

[krooton]

12 = 30"
10 = 28"
8 = 26"

Above is for waists, but factor in hips and things get more complicated.