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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. There is 1 pending revision awaiting review. 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 ...
The medical community uses BMI values to diagnose conditions like obesity. The standard weight categories include: Underweight: BMI of 18.5 or under. Normal weight: BMI under 25. Overweight: BMI ...
Prevalence of obesity in the adult population, top countries (2016), the United States has the tenth highest rate in the world. The CDC defines an adult (a person aged 20 years or greater) with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater as obese and an adult with a BMI of 25.0 to 29.9 as overweight. [4]
Mean BMI (kg/m 2), World Health Organization (WHO), 2014 [1] Country Both Male Female ... 26.5: 28.2 Jamaica * 27.4: 25.5 ...
In this group, 26 percent of men and 38 percent of women had excess body fat. Despite having a healthy BMI, they had: Higher triglycerides (a type of fat found in your blood)
In some cases, using BMI can result in "muscular athletes" being labeled as obese, he noted, and people with "normal" BMI can sometimes have "harmful" levels of visceral (abdominal) fat.
For adults, the World Health Organization (WHO) defines "overweight" as a BMI 25 or higher, and "obesity" as a BMI 30 or higher. [26] The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) further subdivides obesity based on BMI, with a BMI 30 to 35 called class 1 obesity; 35 to 40, class 2 obesity; and 40+, class 3 obesity. [27]
Overweight is defined as a BMI of 25 or more, thus it includes pre-obesity defined as a BMI between 25 and 29.9 and obesity as defined by a BMI of 30 or more. [4] [5] Pre-obese and overweight however are often used interchangeably, thus giving overweight a common definition of a BMI of between 25 and 29.9. There are, however, several other ...