The average weight of men

KSakuraba · #1 09-30-2006, 07:50 PM

Me and my friend had an argument about this and i would love to hear some educated guess what would be the average weight of all males over 15 years in the world.

Thanks guys,

Saku

FortunaMaximus · #2 10-01-2006, 02:03 AM

The average weight of 3+ billion men with varying body forms and nutrition levels?

120-140 pounds (55-65 kilos) probably.

Siegmund · #3 10-01-2006, 05:29 AM

For the USA there are sites that put the average for men in the high 170s, even pushing into the low 180s.

Of course most other countries will have lower weights. Still, I would guess the worldwide average will be closer to 160.

evank15 · #4 10-01-2006, 06:55 AM

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The average weight of 3+ billion men with varying body forms and nutrition levels?

120-140 pounds (55-65 kilos) probably.

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WTF.

There is no way the average is even close to 120. Maybe in hunger ravaged Africa.

In North America, I'd say 175 lbs. World? I guess there are a lot of Asians. Maybe closer to 160. But that number is viciously skewed by the Asian population.

FortunaMaximus · #5 10-01-2006, 07:04 AM

"15 years old and up"

That's a hell of a lot of 98 pound "weaklings" on the early end of that scale AND the late end of that scale. Less than 98, actually, if you account for Asian and African males.

If OP had asked for the "average weight of the average Terran male"?

I'd probably have suggested something like 150-160.

Edit: Population growth also accounts for the imbalance of the age distribution across the scale.

MidGe · #6 10-01-2006, 07:08 AM

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But that number is viciously skewed by the Asian population.

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I thought the viciousness of the skew would be by, the mostly obese, americans!

I am certain that MaximusFortuna is much closer to the fact. He may be more travelled or more aware of the world around him than you are. He surely displays less insularity and chauvinism.

evank15 · #7 10-01-2006, 07:08 AM

If you go into a grade ten classroom, I don't know how many 98 pound weaklings you are going to find, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be between very few and none.

I passed 100 lbs when I was 10 years old, and I'm stick thin. I'm tall, but still, 100 lbs is nothing.

evank15 · #8 10-01-2006, 07:12 AM

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But that number is viciously skewed by the Asian population.

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I thought the viciousness of the skew would be by, the mostly obese, americans!

I am certain that MaximusFortuna is much closer to the fact. He may be more travelled or more aware of the world around him than you are. He surely displays less insularity and chauvinism.

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FYI, I'm not American.

Sorry I'm not from the worldly all-tolerant prison colony of Australia.

And no, there are only ~300,000,000 Americans. The Asian population is an order higher. Hence the skew.

FortunaMaximus · #9 10-01-2006, 07:16 AM

How did he even come close to suggesting you were an obese American? He's merely saying there are far more factors to solving the equation than you would originally think.

Ugh. Do your own homework on this. Going around poking sticks in people's eyes because they said something you "could" take as offense, is not cause to try to offend.

MidGe · #10 10-01-2006, 07:16 AM

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And no, there are only ~300,000,000 Americans. The Asian population is an order higher. Hence the skew.

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That fewer pig out is the viciousness of the skew.

I agree with your view of australia, at least australians are not debating in goverment whether to allow torture or not, neither do we have a death penalty. Ah well, civilisation is a slow process and it sure seems to go back and forth!