Am I Obese – Body Mass Index
When are you a few pounds overweight and when are you obese. Being described as overweight applies to many of us but being called obese leaves a not so nice taste in your mouth, it sounds like playground name calling. How many of us go along our daily routines believing that we are a few pounds the wrong side of where we should be when actually, we are into the obesity scale of being overweight.
A person is considered obese when they have a BMI (body mass index) of 30 or greater. Ideally you should be looking for a BMIÂ somewhere between 18 and 25. Those that exceed 25 are classed as overweight and if your body mass index is between 30 and 39 then you are suffering from obesity. Worse still if you have a BMI score of over 40 then you are official morbidly obese.
