Obesity Report

Obesity is a chronic (long-term) medical disease of having too much body fat. Health care providers can diagnose obesity using a number called the body mass index (BMI). Your BMI is calculated from your current height and weight. For most people, the higher their BMI, the more body fat they have. A person may be considered to have overweight if their BMI is >25 kg/m2 and to have obesity if their BMI is >30 kg/m2. Some bodybuilders and athletes have high BMIs, but they have more muscle mass than average and are not considered to have obesity. Obesity is different from being overweight, which means weighing too much. The weight may come from muscle, bone, fat, and/or body water. Both terms mean that a person's weight is greater than what's considered healthy for his or her height.