To think 7 stone 4-5 is not a healthy weight

[Sienna333]

For an early thirties woman who is 5'3?

[Llanali]

It’s a little under. Healthy BMI for that height starts at 7st 6.

[Ummmmgogo]

yes you are right should be minimum 7st 6lbs.

[SpotAGuillemot]

Everyone carries their weight differently. I'm 5'8" and 8 stone 12, which is on the slim side but I don't look malnourished or ill (hopefully!). I think if I was 5 inches shorter I would maybe be 8 stone ish? At 7 stone 4 I'd look fairly skeletal but I am quite big boned.

[Waytroze]

Technically, no it's not. But does this person feel well, have plenty of energy, maybe a particularly petite body frame? BMI is such a blunt tool.

[ButchyRestingFace]

I’m 5 ft 2 and look at my best at around 7 st. Sadly, it’s been a looooong time...

Surely it depends on build?

[Viserion]

I am 5'2" . That is exactly what I weighed at that age, when I got married. I looked a hell of a lot better at that weight than I do now at a stone and a bit heavier.

It depends on bone structure and body shape, fitness level etc. You can't judge on numbers alone.

[MrsSpenserGregson]

If it helps - that's my weight and height, and has been for over 20 years (I'm mid-40s now). I am, and always have been, perfectly healthy, thanks very much. I have loads of energy and yes, like the poster above suggested, I have a petite frame with small shoulders and wrists being the most obvious "small" parts of me . I'm not a big eater but that's because there isn't very much of me so there's nowhere to put a big meal! I eat when hungry, and enjoy food. I don't get more colds than anyone else I know, and my periods are still regular (damn them).... I conceived two children naturally, sorry for all the details but just trying to think of things that "prove" that my weight doesn't make me unhealthy..,!

OP - not sure if the person in question is you or someone you know. Are they seemingly healthy and happy? 5' 3" is below average height, so I wouldn't expect them to be above average weight really...

[Ninjakittysmells]

7 stone is my ideal weight and I’m 5ft 2.

I was too skinny when I was about 6 ish, but I dropped weight back then when I was stressed.

[cliffdiver]

I was naturally this weight at 5 ft 4 prior to having DD1.

I ate well, did not diet and was very healthy - so yes, it is possible.

[peachgreen]

BMI is a pretty nonsensical measure of health at both ends of the scale. Far better indicators or whether or not someone is a healthy weight for their natural frame as @MrsSpenser illustrates.

[glovesonstrings]

It would be awful on me. But about right on my Japanese friend who has a different build from me.

[BoomBoomBoomBoooom]

I would say that is healthy. Personally a little under BMI is much preferable to a little over since it always seems generous.

I'm 5ft and have been under 7 stone and still healthy, was carrying a lot of muscle at that time too. Didn't look ill or anything, still had boobs and chub to grab.

[sleeponeday]

Surely it depends on the person, and on their diet and lifestyle as well as build? Some people are just naturally really skinny.

[Dustbunny1900]

BMI is for a very general estimation of the general population, it's not for individuals. And that's per the creator of the damn thing.
I'm 5'6 and 8 stone (maybe a few pounds less). BMI has me as underweight , but I'm full of energy and blood panels are perfect.
So yea YABU a bit

[LapinR0se]

I was always about 7 stone 7 pounds and I’m 5’5”. But now I’m pregnant so it’s more like 9st 7lbs!

[QueenOfTheSardines]

I'm 5.3 and was between 7 and 7 1/2 stone in late 20s / early 30s.

At 7 stone I looked a bit slender but not underweight. Build is smallish I suppose but not teeny. 7.5 stone was pretty good for me. Am 10 now after 2 kids, never mind!

Generally it's not got red flags all over it, no. Unless they are dieting madly / restricting stuff / exercising like crazy or anything else that says eating disorder I'd think this is perfectly OK.

[Leatherboundanddown]

Sounds fine to me. That would be my ideal weight, I'm 5ft 2. I am still curvy though. Even more so these days at 8 stone 7. Hmmm

[Lovemusic33]

I don't think it's unhealthy, I would be happy at that weight. I'm 5"3 and 8 stone 5lb (sometimes a bit more) but I do weights and gym so I like to think some of it is muscle .

[fleshmarketclose]

Dd hovers between 7 stone and seven and a half stone, she's 24 and five foot three. She has health problems so is weighed routinely. Her GP considers 7 stone to be less than ideal and prescribes meal replacement shakes, dd feels better when she is closer to seven and a half stone tbh. Just now she would be delighted to be seven stone three or four as she is struggling to maintain seven stone (currently 6st 12).

[Be3Al2Si6O18]

YABU if the conclusion of your research here leads you to make an issue out of food and nutrition.

[SusannahL]

It's fine, unless there's a story behind the question.

[IfYouGoDownToTheWoodsToday]

I'm that height and look dreadful under 8st, so it would be unhealthy for me. My sister, on the other hand looks a picture of health at 7 and half stone(same height)

So I don't think you can make generalisations.

Why are you asking OP?

[IHaveBrilloHair]

That's what I weigh, I shrank an inch and a half last year, from 5' 2, to 5 foot and half an inch as I broke my back.
I've been told to keep an eye on it but it's not a major worry.

[brasty]

If you have a slim frame, it is just okay.

[Sprinklestar]

I'm 5'4" and hover around 7.6 - 7.8. Have done for the last twenty years. Like Mrs it hasn't had any adverse side effects. People have a very warped sense of what is over and underweight these days...