{"id":924,"date":"2015-07-15T08:57:32","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T08:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mid-med.com\/?page_id=924"},"modified":"2016-12-22T10:01:17","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T10:01:17","slug":"are-you-affected-bmi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mid-med.com\/en\/surgery\/are-you-affected-bmi\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you affected ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Where is the limit between being overweight and obesity?<\/h2>\n<p>Being overweight or obese is defined as having an excess amount of fat tissue, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n<p>Overweight or obesity is a major health problem worldwide, as the number of people suffering from these conditions\u00a0is still\u00a0on the increase.<\/p>\n<p>A person can be overweight, but not be considered obese. A solution\u00a0to determine if a person is considered obese is by looking at his body mass index (BMI).<\/p>\n<h3>To find out,\u00a0\u00a0simply calculate your Body Mass index (BMI)\u00a0or the ratio between weight and height :<\/h3>\n<p>Body Mass Index is the ratio between weight\u00a0(kg) and the square of the height (m\u00b2)\u00a0:<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"blueBackground\" style=\"padding: 10px; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\">BMI\u00a0= weight\u00a0(kg) \/ height\u00b2\u00a0(m\u00b2)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Example : a\u00a070 kg person who measures\u00a01,75 m has a\u00a0BMI\u00a0 of\u00a070 \/ (1,75)\u00b2 = 22.9<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 530px;\" border=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background: #336799;\">\n<td style=\"color: #fff;\">Classification according to BMI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #dcf2fc;\">\n<td>Underweight<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">&lt;18.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #b7e5f9;\">\n<td>Normal range<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">18.5 &#8211; 24.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #73ccf4;\">\n<td>Overweight<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">&gt;25.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #2caee7;\">\n<td>Pre-obesity<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">&gt;25.0 &#8211; 29.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #0087c6;\">\n<td>Obesity<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">&gt;30.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #006194;\">\n<td style=\"color: #fff;\">Class I Obesity<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; color: #fff;\">30.0 &#8211; 34.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #002a41;\">\n<td style=\"color: #fff;\">Class II Obesity<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; color: #fff;\">35.0 &#8211; 39.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #000;\">\n<td style=\"color: #fff;\">Classe III Obesity<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; color: #fff;\">&gt;40.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4 class=\"consult\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CONSULT\u00a0YOUR GENERAL PRACTITIONER<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where is the limit between being overweight and obesity? 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