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Ideal Body Weight Calculator (Devine / Robinson / Miller / Hamwi)

Ideal Body Weight (IBW) is a reference weight used in clinical pharmacology (drug dosing), respiratory medicine (ventilator tidal volume), and anaesthesia. Several formulas are in common use, each preferred in different settings. This tool computes the four most-cited ones — Devine, Robinson, Miller and Hamwi — side by side, and reports a ±10 % healthy-weight band for goal-setting.

Sex

Ideal weight (average)

65.9 kg

Average of the Devine, Robinson, Miller and Hamwi formulas.

±10 % healthy band

59.3 72.4 kg

Commonly cited "broadly normal" range in nutrition references.

All four formulas

  • Devine (1974)

    kg

    Drug dosing default

  • Robinson (1983)

    kg

    Revised, more accurate

  • Miller (1983)

    kg

    Conservative for tall people

  • Hamwi (1964)

    kg

    Original diabetic-diet rule

All four formulas anchor at 60 in (152.4 cm) and add a per-inch increment. They are population averages; clinical settings (drug dosing, anaesthesia, ventilator tidal volume) each prefer a specific formula — follow your local protocol.

Formula

Devine — male: 50.0 + 2.3 × (in − 60); female: 45.5 + 2.3 × (in − 60) Robinson — male: 52.0 + 1.9 × (in − 60); female: 49.0 + 1.7 × (in − 60) Miller — male: 56.2 + 1.41 × (in − 60); female: 53.1 + 1.36 × (in − 60) Hamwi — male: 48.0 + 2.7 × (in − 60); female: 45.5 + 2.2 × (in − 60)

Frequently asked

Which formula is the most accurate, and which should I use?

No formula is universally "most accurate" — each was fit to a small 1960s–1980s population and drifts at extremes of stature. Clinical convention: drug dosing, anaesthesia induction and aminoglycoside therapy use Devine; lung-protective ventilation (ARDSNet 6 mL/kg IBW) also uses Devine; dietitians and GPs often quote Robinson or Miller alongside it. For everyday use, the average of all four (the large number this tool shows) is usually within 2 kg of any single formula and is a fine default.

How does IBW differ from BMI, and should I look at both?

BMI = weight ÷ height² and classifies your current weight (underweight / normal / overweight). IBW goes the other way — it predicts what your weight "should be" from height and sex, mostly for goal-setting and drug dosing. For example, a 175 cm man at BMI 22 weighs 67.4 kg, while his average IBW is ~71 kg. The two differ because BMI is a statistical classifier while IBW is a lean-mass approximation. Use them together: BMI 18.5–23 plus an IBW ±10 % band usually overlap.

Why do these formulas give low or unrealistic numbers under 5 ft?

All four formulas anchor at 60 in (152.4 cm) and add a per-inch increment going up, so below that they extrapolate linearly downward and can give unrealistically low values — even negative ones below 130 cm. This tool automatically discards any result below 25 kg. Clinically, for adults under 5 ft most references either extend Devine's 2.3 kg/in increment downward or switch to a BMI 18.5–23 band as the goal range.

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