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What percent of New Zealand children are obese?
8.3 percent is obese and 20 percent of the people are over weight
What kinds of obesity are there?
Twenty to forty percent over ideal weight is considered mildly obese; 40-100% over ideal weight is considered moderately obese; and 100% over ideal weight is considered severely, or morbidly, obese.
How can you be Obece?
If you mean obese, you can be obese when you are extremely over weight.
What weight is morbid obesity?
People are considered morbid obese when their BMI (body mass index) is over 40. Also when their 140 percent of their ideal body weight.
Which is better over weight or obese?
Overweight
Are some Americans overweight?
Not most of them. About 30% of Americans are obese, about 30% of Americans are overweight, about 35% of Americans are of normal weight, and about 5% of Americans are underweight. Take in mind that obese does not necessarily mean a person is fat, many muscular people are considered obese because of their BMI.
How are results in BMI categorsied?
Under weight, healthy weight, over weight, obese
What do you call people that's over weight?
obese.
When are you considered morbidly obese?
Twenty to forty percent over ideal weight is considered mildly obese; 40-100% over ideal weight is considered moderately obese; and 100% over ideal weight is considered severely, or morbidly, obese.
About what fraction of adult Americans are overweight?
It depends on who's numbers you want to believe. Like most statistics, you can find pretty much any answer you wish, if you look hard enough. Two examples: In January 2010, the New York Times reported "Nearly 34 percent of adults are obese, obese children tripled to 17 percent." MedicineNet reports that " 63.1% of adults in the U.S. were either overweight or obese in 2009. That was a small but measurable increase from 62.2% the previous year." , citing a 'The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index'
What is considered obese and how do I lose weight after becoming obese?
When one's body fat becomes 20 percent higher than normal they are considered obese. If one's body mass index is over 30 they are considered obese. Sometimes diet and exercise works but after those avenues have been explored with no avail, bariatric surgery can become an option.
What percentage of American adults are over weight according to BMI?
65
