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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. Relative weight based on mass and height Medical diagnostic method Body mass index (BMI) Chart showing body mass index (BMI) for a range of heights and weights in both metric and imperial. Colours indicate BMI categories defined by the World Health Organization ; underweight, normal ...
As of 2016, 1.9 billion adults (aged 18 years or older) were classified as being overweight, and within these adults, 650 million were classified as obese. [6] This translates to 39% of adults (39% of men and 40% of women) being overweight and 13% of the adult population worldwide (11% of men and 15% of women) being obese in 2016.
BMI also doesn’t account for certain biological differences between men and women. It isn’t always helpful for diagnosing abdominal obesity, or obesity around the center of the body, either.
The obesity rate for Asian adults 18 years and older (over 30 BMI) in the US in 2015 was 10.7%. [67] No breakdown by sex was given for Asian adults in the CDC figures. [67] In more recent statistics from the NHANES in 2016 of a breakdown by sex was provided. Asian adults 20 years and older had a total obesity rate of 12.7%.
In males, mean percentage body fat ranged from 23% at age 16–19 years to 31% at age 60–79 years. In females, mean percentage body fat ranged from 32% at age 8–11 years to 42% at age 60–79 years. But it is important to recognise that women need at least 9% more body fat than men to live a normal healthy life. [2]
Obesity and BMI An obese male with a body mass index of 53 kg/m 2: weight 182 kg (400 lb), height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in). Obesity classification is a ranking of obesity, the medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it has an adverse effect on health. [1]
Second heaviest woman in history. Before her death, she lost around 325 kg (717 lb; 51 st 3 lb) in weight-loss treatment. [14] 1980–2017 (37) Michael Hebranko United States: M 499 kg 1,100 lb 78 st 8 lb 1.83 m 6 ft 0 in 149 1953–2013 (60) Patrick Deuel [15] United States: M 486 kg 1,071 lb 76 st 7 lb 1.70 m 5 ft 7 in 168
Renee Williams (June 4, 1977 – March 4, 2007) was an American woman believed to be the largest woman in the world at the time of her death [1] in 2007 from complications following her surgery for morbid obesity. Williams was also one of the heaviest people to ever live and one of the heaviest ever to undergo gastric bypass. [2]