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Obesity, Height and Weight
From
Merck.com
Except for
those who are extremely muscular, people
whose weight is 20 percent or more over
the midpoint of their weight range on a
standard height-weight table are
considered obese. Obesity may be
classified as mild (20 to 40 percent
overweight), moderate (41 to 100 percent
overweight), or severe (more than 100
percent overweight). Obesity is severe
in only 0.5 percent of obese people.
Traditionally, obesity has been defined
as a body weight of > 30% above ideal or
desirable weight on standard
height-weight tables. Now, it is usually
defined in terms of the body mass index
(BMI): weight (in kilograms) divided by
the square of the height (in meters).
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Body Measurements
with anthropometric
reference data for children
and adults in the U.S.
National Center for Health
Statistics
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For adults,
a BMI of 25 or greater is overweight,
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The
International Classification
of adult underweight,
overweight and obesity
according to BMI
World Health Organization
Global Database on Body Mass
Index
| Classification |
BMI(kg/m²) |
| |
Principal cut-off points |
Additional cut-off points |
| Underweight |
<18.50 |
<18.50 |
| Severe thinness |
<16.00 |
<16.00 |
| Moderate thinness |
16.00 - 16.99 |
16.00 - 16.99 |
| Mild thinness |
17.00 - 18.49 |
17.00 - 18.49 |
| Normal range |
18.50 - 24.99 |
18.50 - 22.99 |
| 23.00 - 24.99 |
| Overweight |
≥25.00 |
≥25.00 |
| Pre-obese |
25.00 - 29.99 |
25.00 - 27.49 |
| 27.50 - 29.99 |
| Obese |
≥30.00 |
≥30.00 |
| Obese class I |
30.00 - 34.99 |
30.00 - 32.49 |
| 32.50 - 34.99 |
| Obese class II |
35.00 - 39.99 |
35.00 - 37.49 |
| 37.50 - 39.99 |
| Obese class III |
≥40.00 |
≥40.00 |
Source:
Adapted
from
WHO,
1995,
WHO,
2000 and
WHO
2004.
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