Simplest definition for obesity is extra weight in your body. Gathering of fat is known as obesity that increases risk of diseases and brings to an end of life earlier in stage. I have already discussed in previous post about Risks of Obesity. Obesity may be distributed around the body or concentrate on the stomach or hips and thighs.
We can determine our obesity through BMI ratio. BMI is body mass index. Doctors use BMI to evaluate your mass against height. There is specific result for good healthy body.
Slandered Ratio: to measure Obesity
BMI ratio | Status |
Under 18 | Underweight |
18.5-25 | Normal |
25- less than 30 | Overweight |
30 over | Obese |
40 and more | Morbidly obese |
How BMI is calculated?
- Weight your body
- Measure your height
- Multiply twice your height
- Divide mass to calculated height
- The result is BMI
Example: My weight is 80Kg and height 172cm Convert 172cm to meter i.e. 1.72m, next multiply height twice we get 1.72*1.72= 2.95.
And BMI= Mass/2.95
So, BMI= 80/2.95=27.11kg/m2
The result shows that I am overweight.
BMI shows the difference in weight, it does not differentiates the difference between mass due to body fat and mass due to muscular physique, or the distribution of fat. Therefore, waist circumference is also widely well-known measure used to recognize the obesity. A raised waist circumference is defined as greater than 102cm in men and greater than 88cm in women.
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