Height vs. Weight

I was talking about this with a buddy the other day and want to see what you guys think.

Say you have a guy who is 6'0" and weighs 220lbs with 8%BF. If that guy were to grow another inch taller and was now 6'1", how much weight would he need to put on in order to stay the same "size" at the same body fat?

Basically what is the correlation of height to weight for each inch taller that someone is? Granted two different guys at the same height and weight will look different, so putting all those variables aside like genetics, body composition, just a basic rule of thumb.

That's a mixed question because just increasing in height wouldn't be the same as increasing in height keeping the same proportions in bone thickness regardless of genetics and body composition. I don't know if there's a real formula to determine an answer or not though I'm sure it would take more weight for someone who just increased in height but didn't keep the same proportion in bone thickness.

bone density is a factor. But i think he just wants to say 2 identical humans, 1 is 1 inch taller. How much would that weight?

i have no idea, guessing at 20lbs...

saudades said:

That's a mixed question because just increasing in height wouldn't be the same as increasing in height keeping the same proportions in bone thickness regardless of genetics and body composition. I don't know if there's a real formula to determine an answer or not though I'm sure it would take more weight for someone who just increased in height but didn't keep the same proportion in bone thickness.

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Yeah I just meant with all those kind of variables aside. Assume everything is exactly the same except one guy is one inch taller. I was thinking around 10-12 lbs.

I'd guess about the same.

about 10lbs