Is a size 14 viewed as overweight? | Mumsnet (2024)

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Testina · 11/09/2022 10:32

I’m 5ft 3 and if I were a size 14 I’d be well over the BMI range, and visibly have rolls of fat.
You can’t give a blanket answer as almost our bodies are different… but no two ways about it, size 14 is fat on me.

balloonzoo · 11/09/2022 10:34

Depends on body shape, height I guess. I'm a 10/12 but overweight and out of shape.

miserablecat · 11/09/2022 10:34

The 2 things are not mutually exclusive. The average woman might be size 16 but that might mean the average woman is overweight.
Size 14 for someone 5ft is likely to be overweight, size 14 for someone 5'10 might not be

Topgub · 11/09/2022 10:34

kw1091 · 11/09/2022 10:34

I’m 6”1 and a size 14 and whilst I’m probably a bit overweight I don’t look it just because I’m a bigger human in general

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mynameiscalypso · 11/09/2022 10:35

I hover between a 10 (rarely) and a 14. Im a comfortable 12 I'd say. My BMI is overweight and I definitely look big.

Xenia · 11/09/2022 10:35

Sizes differ so much it is better just go by weight and height (or the NHS waist measurement test)

TyFly · 11/09/2022 10:36

DialsMavis · 11/09/2022 10:38

Totally depends on height.

LostAtTheCrossRoad · 11/09/2022 10:38

I'm 5' 3" and a size 14 is borderline obese on me. I'm currently a 12 and slap bang in the middle of oversight at bmi 27. I need to get to just under 10st and a small size 10 to be a normal weight.

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Sally872 · 11/09/2022 10:38

Spinfit · 11/09/2022 10:38

I think the average size in the UK is 14-16 for women but for most people a UK 14 puts them in the overweight category for weight. The UK is number 3 in Europe for overweight and obesity so it is not surprising that the mean is skewed in that direction.

Ilovemycatalot · 11/09/2022 10:38

Did the BMI calculator thing and I was considered obese. Just upset me a bit guess I’m looking for reassurance but yeah I’m definitely overweight by at least a couple of stone.

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OneRingToRuleThemAll · 11/09/2022 10:39

I'm 5ft 7 and size 14 with a BMI of 29. I have heart and lung problems following Covid and have been told I'm overweight and to need to lose 2 stone to get into a healthy weight range.

Funkyblues101 · 11/09/2022 10:40

Depends on height and age, I think. Over 5ft 8 and over age 40 then a size 14 looks fine but on a shorter or younger woman it could look pretty big. If I'd been my size as a 20 year old I would have felt massive but nowadays I feel pretty slim (until some talk teenager floats by...).

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Ilovemycatalot · 11/09/2022 10:41

Last time I weighed myself just under 11 and a half stone last year I could get into a size 12 just feel every year I’m gaining more weight.

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Dontknownow86 · 11/09/2022 10:41

MolkosTeenageAngst · 11/09/2022 10:41

I’m 5’6 and a size 14 and would consider myself slightly overweight based on how I look in the mirror. Not sure about my BMI as I don’t own scales so not sure exactly how much I weigh but would guess between 11 and 11.5 stone which old put me either at the very top of normal BMI or the lower end of overweight.

Testina · 11/09/2022 10:41

Wouldn’t matter is 90% of people your height replied that they were a size 14 though. That would just mean 90% were overweight. You need to focus on your health, not be unhealthy just because a lot of other people are.

Dacadactyl · 11/09/2022 10:41

I would say at 5 foot 3 and size 14 someone is most definitely overweight.

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Ilovemycatalot · 11/09/2022 10:42

Definitely agree that the taller you are the more you can carry it off.

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RealBecca · 11/09/2022 10:42

Depends where the weight sits. All on the bum and thighs and boobs...no. on the tummy. Yes. I'm am apple shape and I look overweight at size 14.

HoneyIShrunkThePizza · 11/09/2022 10:42

couchcritter · 11/09/2022 10:43

Of course it's overweight. But then most people are these days, so it's normal.

ProbablyPossiblyPerhaps · 11/09/2022 10:44

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