Reality Check: The numbers that every woman should know...
Posted on 27 May 2016
The truth is the 'average' women is 'Plus Size': not the pre-pubescent or photo-shopped thin..
We are shorter, wider and heavier than magazines, television and industry wants us to believe and portray us...
This becomes even more true as we age...the truth is just what we all know... as we age... our weight goes up ...our waists inch out...these are facts born out by the numbers... so why do fashion magazine persist in portraying women with pictures of per-pubescent girls ?
Australian Women by Age Group
|
Age Range
|
25–34
|
35–44
|
45–54
|
55–64
|
65–74
|
|
Average waist (cm)
|
82.0
|
87.5
|
91.0
|
92.0
|
95.0
|
|
Average Height
(cm / ft inch)
|
163.7 /
5' 4"
|
163.1 /
5' 4"
|
162.4 /
5' 4"
|
160.4 /
5' 3"
|
159.4 /
5' 3"
|
|
Average Weight (kg)
|
65
|
68.4
|
71.5
|
71
|
71
|
| British Women by Age Group |
|
Age Range
|
25–34
|
35–44
|
45–54
|
55–64
|
65–74
|
|
Average Waist (cm)
|
81 / 31.9
|
87 / 34.3
|
90 / 35.4
|
92 / 36.2
|
94 / 37.0
|
|
Average Weight (kg)
|
70.1
|
72.5
|
73.1
|
72.9
|
72
|
|
Average Height
(cm / ft inch)
|
163.8 /
5' 4"
|
163.3 /
5' 4"
|
162.8 /
5' 4"
|
160.9 /
5' 3"
|
159.5 /
5' 3"
|
|
American Women by Age Group
|
Age Range
|
20-29
|
30-39
|
40-49
|
50-59
|
60-69
|
70-79
|
|
Average Waist
(cm / inch)
|
90.2 /
35.5
|
93.8 /
36.8
|
94.6 /
37.2
|
97.5 / 38.4
|
99.9 /
39.3
|
99.8 / 39.3
|
|
Average Weight (kg)
|
73.4
|
76.7
|
76.2
|
77.1
|
77.4
|
74.8
|
|
Average Height
(cm / ft inch)
|
163.1 /
5' 4"
|
163.4 /
5' 4"
|
163.1 /
5' 4"
|
162.2 /
5' 3.8"
|
161.6 /
5' 3"
|
159.1 /
5' 3"
|
Coral & Co Dress Size by Age Group
|
Age Range
|
25–34
|
35–44
|
45–54
|
55–64
|
65–74
|
|
|
Australia
|
12
|
14
|
14/16
|
14/16
|
16/18
|
|
|
United Kingdom
|
14
|
16
|
16/18
|
16/18
|
18/20
|
|
|
Age Range
|
20-29
|
30-39
|
40-49
|
50-59
|
60-69
|
70-79
|
|
USA
|
US12/14
|
US14
|
US14
|
US14/16
|
US16
|
US16
|
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