Guide to Measuring Adult Obesity
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There is no definitive way of assessing
obesity. However, many doctors use a height-weight system known as the Body Mass
Index (BMI) as a rough guide to assessing obesity, including morbid or malignant
obesity, among the general adult population.
Obesity Chart
Use the simplified chart (see below) of the BMI obesity level for men and women
between the height of 4 feet 10 inches (1.47m) and 6 feet (1.83m).
How to Use the Obesity Chart
1. Find your height in the Height
column
2. Look in the Obesity Point column to see when you become obese
How to See When You Are Obese
If you are 5 ft 4 inches tall, you start to suffer from obesity when you reach
about 175 pounds
|
Height
|
Obesity Point
|
| Ft/inches |
Meters |
Pounds
|
Kilos
|
4.10
4.11
5.0
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9
5.10
5.11
6.0 |
1.47m
1.50m
1.52m
1.55m
1.57m
1.60m
1.63m
1.65m
1.68m
1.70m
1.73m
1.75m
1.78m
1.80m
1.83m |
143
pounds
148 pounds
153 pounds
159 pounds
164 pounds
169 pounds
175 pounds
180 pounds
186 pounds
191 pounds
197 pounds
203 pounds
209 pounds
215 pounds
221 pounds |
65.0kg
67.3kg
69.5kg
72.3kg
74.5kg
76.8kg
79.5kg
81.8kg
84.5kg
86.8kg
89.5kg
92.3kg
95.0kg
97.7kg
100.4kg |
Note: All weights are approximate.
Health Risks of Obesity
Once you suffer from obesity
you run an increased risk of developing a number of conditions. Here are some
examples:
-
High blood pressure and stoke
are twice as common in obese people.
-
Evidence is strong that
obesity increases the risk of breast cancer (after menopause), womb cancer
and kidney cancer.
-
Obesity may also increase the
risk of colon cancer.
-
Gall bladder disease is three
times as likely to occur in middle-aged obese women.
-
Diabetes is four times more
common in middle-aged obese people than in middle-aged people of normal
weight.
-
Coronary heart disease is
twice as common in obese men under 45.
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