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

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Mean BMI (kg/m 2), World Health Organization (WHO), 2014 [1] Country Both Male Female

  3. 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 ...

  4. Is BMI Really Accurate? Pros vs Cons - AOL

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    It Provides Insight into Health Risks. Research shows that higher BMI values are associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, certain cancers and even death.

  5. Obesity - Wikipedia

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    People are classified as obese when their body mass index (BMI)—a person's weight divided by the square of the person's height—is over 30 kg/m 2; the range 25–30 kg/m 2 is defined as overweight. [1] Some East Asian countries use lower values to calculate obesity. [11]

  6. BMI vs. BRI: Why body roundness may be a better ... - AOL

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    The body mass index (BMI) considers the height-weight relationship as a health indicator, while the body roundness index (BRI) measures abdominal body fat and height. BMI has often been criticized ...

  7. Overweight - Wikipedia

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    The current definition proposed by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) designates whites, Hispanics and blacks with a BMI of 25 or more as overweight. For Asians, overweight is a BMI between 23 and 29.9 and obesity for all groups is a BMI of 30 or more.

  8. Epidemiology of obesity - Wikipedia

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    The number of Canadians who are obese has risen dramatically in recent years. In 2004, direct measurements of height and weight found 23.1% of Canadians older than 18 had a BMI greater than 30. When broken down into degrees of obesity, 15.2% were class I (BMI 30–34.9), 5.1% were class II (BMI 35–39.9), and 2.7%, class III (BMI ≥ 40).

  9. File:Body mass index chart.svg - Wikipedia

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    Graph of body mass index showing the various divisions. Created by me using gnuplot and Adobe Illustrator 9/23/06, released into public domain Category:Medical diagrams: 03:52, 24 September 2006: 800 × 800 (58 KB) InvictaHOG~commonswiki: Graph of body mass index showing the various divisions.