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Mean BMI (kg/m 2), World Health Organization (WHO), 2014 [1] Country Both Male Female ... South Africa * 27.3: 25.4: 29.1
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. 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 ...
BMI also doesn’t account for certain biological differences between men and women. It isn’t always helpful for diagnosing abdominal obesity, or obesity around the center of the body, either.
Obesity and BMI An obese male with a body mass index of 53 kg/m 2: weight 182 kg (400 lb), height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in). Obesity classification is a ranking of obesity, the medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it has an adverse effect on health. [1]
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Compared to traditional metrics, such as the body mass index (BMI), (which uses weight and height), BRI may improve predictions of the amount of body fat and the volume of visceral adipose tissue. Despite its common use, BMI can misclassify individuals as obese because it does not distinguish between a person's lean body mass and fat mass ...
The BAI is calculated as: [2] Hip circumference (Pearson correlation coefficient, R = 0.602) and height (R = −0.524) are strongly correlated with percentage of body fat.. Comparing BAI with "gold standard" dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) results, the correlation between DXA-derived percentage of adiposity and the BAI in a target population was R = 0.85, with a concordance of C_b = 0
Compared to the rest of Europe and the Americas, average BMI (about 25) is fairly low and similar to that of many South American and African countries (see List of countries by body mass index). Swiss women in particular are considered slimmer than other Europeans [2] [3] and have an average BMI close to that of China. In 2017, thirty-three per ...