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Scientific studies clearly indicate
that obesity is linked to increased sickness and death rates.
Hypertension, elevated levels of cholesterol, heart disease,
stroke, certain cancers, gall bladder disease, back pain, arthritis,
abnormal pulmonary function, and sleep apnea are physical problems
intensified by obesity. The health risks of being overweight
may be prevented by achieving and maintaining an ideal body weight.
Obesity is determined using body-mass index (BMI), a method of
comparing height to weight. A BMI of 25 to 29.9 is considered
overweight, and a reading over 30 is considered obese. A BMI
of 19 to 24.9 is considered normal weight. Using that standard,
obesity researchers have estimated that more than half of adult
Americans are either overweight or obese.
Body mass
index (BMI) has been the medical standard for obesity measurement
since the early 1980s. Government researchers developed it to
take height into account in weight measurement. For example,
let's say someone weighs 150 pounds. Is he or she obese? That's
impossible to say without knowing the person's height. The answers
would be different for someone who is 5' 0" tall, 5' 5",
and 6'.
To calculate your BMI, enter your height in feet and inches,
and your weight in pounds in the boxes below, then click on the
button marked "Compute."
Recommended BMIs are in the range
of 20 to 26.
The "overweight" range is 26 to 27.3 for women, 26
to 27.8 for men, though some authorities peg the upper limit
of overweight at a BMI of 30.
Most authorities say that "obesity" begins at BMIs
above 27.3 for women and 27.87 for men. All authorities agree
that anyone with a BMI over 30 is obese.
According to these conventions, the woman who is 5' 0" and
weighs 155 has a BMI of 30.14, and is obese.
Someone who is 5' 4" and weighs 155 has a BMI of 26.6, and
is overweight, but not obese.
Someone who is 6" and weighs 155 is in the healthy BMI range.
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