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What Does Your BMI Mean?
Normal Weight Overweight Obese
    18.5- 24.9       25 - 29.9 30 or greater

 

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Source: Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults.  National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, June 1998
 

Overweight and Obesity

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) identify "overweight" as a BMI of 25 and 29.9 kg/m2, and "obesity" as a BMI of 30 Kg/m2 or greater.  Defining overweight as a BMI of 25 or greater is consistent with the recommendations of the World Health Organization, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and most other countries.

 

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