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.

[AverageAlien]

so if im a guy with loads of muscles and i weigh alot my bmi will say obese?

[swantonft]

They should restrict BMI to people who barely exercise.. Otherwise by her logic, people with muscle would be obese

[MyThoughtzAndOpinionz]

Not sure if I’m actually obese though like the BMI said. I have a lot of muscle. I was 5’10, 190 lbs 10 years ago. Now I’m 225 lbs. I want to drop down to 200lbs, but I still don’t see myself as obese.

[ashleyds]

So apperently I'm low key overweight but I got a small waist and am pretty curvy so not mad about it

[javiertapia]

I’m currently overweight soon I will be obese so I better get on a diet lol

[Devotchka]

My BMI is on the border of normal/overweight. NOT OBESE. I used to be obese, it sucks. Let's see how low I can go...

[laimapotato]

i’m 12, my height is- 151 centimetres, my weight is- 41kg. I calculated my BMI on one site and my BMI is 18.00 she said that healthy is between 18.00 and 25.00 but i want to loose weight...

[edu_individual]

I have a BMI of 25.4 and I’m gonna try and get to a BMI of 20-22

[THE______TRUTH]

So lets say you have muscle mass...how do I know if im overweight?

[SmDWeed]

The funny thing is, bmi doesn't take your muscle mass into the calculation. Bmi says im overweight but I am near to fat free

[Thomasgeoffery]

my bmi is 34 but my fat percentage is 27% out of 54 kg so im not obese but def overweight

[Sileovitam]

I weigh 131kg and my height is 1.88m and BTW I'm 15.
Gotta hit that gym

[demoncoke]

I’m 5’5, 205 pounds, and I don’t know BMI

[AmY-gmqs]

One could raise a claim that hypertension and high blood pressure are the same lol

[himarkburdett]

Not if your broad and muscular you're still in the ok weight range

[Adrianavictoriat]

I'm 5'3 and 134 pounds, idk my bmi tho

[brentmoretz]

I am overweight I am 5 ft 10 inches 190 pounds

[edwardivantorres]

um no, not by her logic lol. she clearly addressed the muscle subject in the video

[leviathandiabolo]

Both are really never an excuse to be even mildly overweight

[ashleyyrobinson]

My Healthy Bmi Is 86 pounds I'm over 200 pounds....