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Obese BMI - Class I , Class II
When a person is with a BMI of over 30, he or she is categorised as being obese.
With exception are few cases in which BMI numbers would be inaccurate and misleading: bodybuilders and professional athletes, pregnant women, adults over 65, children and teens at age below 18, Asian people
Obese BMI is 30 to 39.9
Obesity is a term that relates to the presence of body fatness, and the high body fatness correlates to severe health complications.
Obesity causes your body to be less sensitive to insulin’s action, which may lead to developing diseases such as metabolic syndrome, arthritis, and some types of cancer.
Metabolic syndrome includes a group of illnesses, such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease.
Hence, to reduce their risk of weight-related health problems, obese people will need meaningful changes in their lifestyle.
To prevent or reduce obesity, you need to undertake decisive actions for obtaining a healthy weight through proper diet and regular exercise. When the cases are severe, a person may require surgery.
What percentage of the population are obese people?
- World Health Organization indicates that the worldwide prevalence of obesity approximately tripled in the years between 1975 and 2016.
- Overall, around 13% of the world's adult population was obese in 2016 - 11% of men and 15% of women, defined by a BMI of over 30, where that numbers are projected to increase further by 2030.
- Nowadays, more than one in two adults and approximately one in six children are overweight or obese in OECD(The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries.
- Adult obesity valuations are highest in the United States, Mexico, New Zealand, and Hungary, while in Japan and Korea, they are lowest.
Obese BMI Class III
A BMI higher 40 shows that a person is morbidly obese
BMI values are above 40
People with so high BMI are at a very high risk of severe diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, metabolic diseases, cancers, etc.
However, researches indicate that many extremely obese people are genetically predisposed, but despite that the worse is that their life quality and expectancy of their life are decreased, because of the risks.
What percentage of the population are morbidly obese people?
- According to the National Center for Health Statistics, in 2017–2018, the prevalence of adulthood obesity was 42.4%, and there were no essential differences between women and men among all age groups. The prevalence of severe obesity was 9.2% as it was higher in women than in men, and it was highest among people age 40–59 compared with other age groups.
Treatment of Severely Obesity
Weight loss is the primary treatment in severely obese patients and the related health complications to that. That treatment involves lifestyle changes, pharmacotherapy, and bariatric surgery.
Behavioural adjustment is the backbone of weight-loss treatment and incorporates lifelong changes in diet, eating patterns, and activity level.
If the lifestyle adjustments continue to be ineffective, then pharmacotherapy and bariatric surgery may be included.
Bariatric surgery, along with lifestyle and behavior changes, would be an effective treatment of morbid obesity.
Note: Remember that BMI is just a screening tool rather than a diagnostic tool. If you are concerned about your BMI, it may be best to see your GP. Also, BMI values would be misleading for pregnant women, children, teens under 18, for adults over 65, and high-muscle athletes.