Defining Obesity - Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½Ò•îl Health News /news/obesity-sidebar/ Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½Ò•îl Health News produces in-depth journalism on health issues and is a core operating program of KFF. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:04:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=32 Defining Obesity - Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½Ò•îl Health News /news/obesity-sidebar/ 32 32 161476233 Defining Obesity /news/obesity-sidebar/ /news/obesity-sidebar/#respond Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:30:15 +0000 http://khn.wp.alley.ws/news/obesity-sidebar/ Researchers use an estimate of an individual’s relative fat and muscle mass, called body mass index, to define obesity. To find your BMI, check out this .

Adults with a BMI of between 25 and 30 are considered overweight. Those with a BMI over 30 are obese.

Morbid obesity applies to adults with a BMI over 40 or who are more than 100 pounds overweight.

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