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  2. Body mass index - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 December 2024. Relative weight based on mass and height Medical diagnostic method Body mass index (BMI) Chart showing body mass index (BMI) for a range of heights and weights in both metric and imperial. Colours indicate BMI categories defined by the World Health Organization ; underweight, normal ...

  3. List of sovereign states by body mass index - Wikipedia

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    Mean BMI (kg/m 2), World Health Organization (WHO), 2014 [1]; Country Both Male Female Nauru * 32.5: 32.1: 32.8 Tonga * 31.9: 30.4: 33.5 Samoa * 31.7: 29.9: 33.5 Kuwait * 30.0: 29.5

  4. Classification of obesity - Wikipedia

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    [6] [7] [3] Other measurements of fat distribution include the waist–hip ratio and body fat percentage. Normal weight obesity is a condition of having normal body weight, but high body fat percentages with the same health risks of obesity. [8] [9] BMI can be used to predict the risk of metabolic abnormalities like diabetes. [10]

  5. Obesity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Obesity in adults is divided into three categories. Adults with a BMI of 30 to 34.9 have class 1 obesity; adults with a BMI of 35 to 39.9 have class 2 obesity; adults with a BMI of 40 or greater have class 3 obesity, which is also known as extreme or severe obesity (and was formerly known as morbid obesity).

  6. BMI vs. Body Fat: What's More Important? - AOL

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    BMI also doesn’t account for certain biological differences between men and women. ... Anywhere between 18.5 and 24.9 is considered a healthy BMI. But remember, BMI isn’t the full picture. ...

  7. List of countries by obesity rate - Wikipedia

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    Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI≥30) 1 Tonga: 70.54 2 Nauru: 70.18 3 Tuvalu: 63.93 4 Samoa: 61.24 5 The Bahamas: 47.61 6 Marshall Islands: 47.29 7 Saint Kitts ...

  8. Human body weight - Wikipedia

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    Human body weight is a person's mass or weight.. Strictly speaking, body weight is the measurement of mass without items located on the person. Practically though, body weight may be measured with clothes on, but without shoes or heavy accessories such as mobile phones and wallets, and using manual or digital weighing scales.

  9. Obesity and fertility - Wikipedia

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    It has also been shown that the risk of infertility amongst obese women due to disrupted ovulation is 2.7%. [8] For adult women who are obese and are reproductively active, each unit increase in BMI over a BMI of 32 kg/m 2 is associated with a reduction of spontaneous conception rate by 5%. [8]