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Defining obesity
 

Doctors measure obesity through a formula called the body mass index (BMI). If your BMI is 30 or higher, you are considered to be obese.

 

Sources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The American Obesity Association

The Calorie Control Council

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

The Weight-Control Information Network of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

This article was reviewed and updated June 2007.

 

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