Overweight and Weight problems Chart

Are you concerned about your weight? Perhaps you have tried to calculate your BMI. This is not the only way to assess if you are overweight..
This short video explains that body mass index, the ratio between height and weight is not a perfect measure of obesity due to the fact that people carry their weight differently and that someone with a lot of muscle, such as a rugby player, may be deemed as overweight when they are actually healthy..
The measurement of waist circumference as an alternative measurement of obesity for both men and women is also highlighted and it is argued to be a better indicator that a person may be carrying excessive dangerous visceral fat. Finally the video explains how to work out your BMI and also measure your waist circumference properly to assess whether you are obese..
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Studies to predict the development of #obesity on the basis of childhood BMI have suggested a correlation, but most have evaluated outcomes at a young age or have had a short observation period or a small sample size. Full study: https://nej.md/2Rm5sx2

Watch more How to Understand Obesity videos: http://www.howcast.com/videos/511326-Being-Overweight-vs-Being-Obese-Obesity.
I’d like to talk about being obese versus being overweight. One way to figure it out is to calculate your BMI. BMI, or body mass index is the number that is calculated by dividing your weight in kilograms, by your height in meters squared. There are charts online that you can look up and figure out what your BMI is..
A healthy BMI is anywhere between 18 and 25. A BMI between 25 and 30 is considered to be overweight. Anything over 30 is considered obese. A BMI of 40 or greater is considered morbidly obese. As your weight increases, and as your BMI gets higher you have a much higher risk of developing other illnesses, that are associated with being overweight or obese, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, hypertension or even cancer..
BMI is not perfect. For example, somebody like Arnold Schwarzenegger would have a BMI that would put him in the obese category, because he has so much muscle mass. Conversely an older woman with no muscle mass, who may not appear to be obese, may actually in fact be obese, because for her height her weight is too high. Those are the differences between being overweight and being obese.

Professor Majid Ezzati, from Imperial College London’s School of Public Health, outlined that the number of obese children and adolescents (aged 5 to 19 years) worldwide has risen tenfold in the past four decades. If current trends continue, more children and adolescents will be obese than moderately or severely underweight by 2022..
Professor Ezzati presented his findings from the study at the Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) seminar. The event took place at Hammersmith Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

Frank Melidona, DO of The Villages Health®, explains what Body Mass Index is, and how it plays a role in weight management. This video is just one of many that offers health and wellness tips at http://bit.ly/2j1jiqn.
“When looking at body weight, we use a chart called a BMI or body mass index, which is a calculation of your height and weight. They put your height and weight into a formula and they spit out a specific number. This number can be found on a big table of numbers, and you can pick out your height and weight and go right across and find your BMI..
“There are different categories of BMI; healthy weight is a BMI of 19-25. A BMI of 26 to 30 is considered overweight. A BMI of 31 to 35 is the first part of obesity so we call it Obesity 1, 35 to 40 is Obesity 2, and when you hit 40 and above, we call it Morbid Obesity. That’s not a great term and we don’t want to use it to describe somebody, but it is what it is. If your BMI is over 40 you are way overweight; your risk of developing diseases like diabetes and cardiac diseases are much greater the higher your BMI.”..
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Doctors of perinatology at the Swedish Maternal and Fetal Specialty Center explains the risks of being overweight during pregnancy. Learn more: http://www.swedish.org/services/maternal-and-fetal-specialty-care/high-risk-maternal-conditions/overweight-mothers

No way around it. Vinnie Munoz is a big guy. In fact, he works at it constantly..
“Lift every day, 5-6 days. Just eat healthy, eat clean. Right now I’m at 2,100 calories a day and I eat chicken, vegetables, six times a day small meals, 4-5 ounces,” says Munoz, weight lifter..
But would you call him obese? According to the standard BMI calculator, Munoz is way over the line..
“BMI is body mass index and that is calculated as the weight in kilograms over the height in meters squared. The body mass index is essentially an easy way to assess someone’s weight status,” says Dr. Brian Taschner, cardiologist with Lee Memorial Health System..
The BMI is one of the most frequently referenced methods of determining whether someone’s weight is: appropriate, underweight, overweight or obese. A valid, helpful tool, experts agree you shouldn’t overweigh its importance..
“The body mass index does not apply well to very athletic people; a big guy that is muscular. Someone like that, that has an elevated BMI if you wanted to look further into it, you could look at waist circumference or body fat percentage,” says Dr. Taschner..
It has to do with the density of muscle over fat. They weigh the same, but a pound of muscle occupies less space than a pound of fat, so athletes may have more compact muscle and less actual fat..
Evaluating children can also be tricky..
“Because they’re growing all the time and because the body fat distribution is different in girls vs. boys, there are specific charts so for children and teenager they plot them, they calculate BMI and plot it on chart to get a percentile,” says Dr. Taschner..
An accurate weight status is important as it pertains to health risk..
“There’s a clear correlation with higher BMIs and bad outcomes. More heart attacks, more strokes, more sleep apnea, more high blood pressure and high cholesterol,” says Dr. Taschner..
Not a one-size fits all measurementthose who fall into a questionable category should take it a step further..
“If you actually went into a doctor and they measured your fat ratio in kilobars would be a lot more intentional. It’s a good screening tool but you have to look at the individual as well,” says Munoz..
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