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Interpreting Your BMI

BMI	Weight Category
Under 18.5	Underweight
18.5- 24.9	Normal
25 - 29.9	Overweight
30 - 34.9	Obese
35 - 39.9	Clinically Obese
40 or greater	Morbidly Obese

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a general indicator of whether or not you are maintaining a healthy weight based on the ratio of your weight to your height. It’s an imperfect scale as it doesn't account for differences in body types. For example, a 5 foot 9 inch bodybuilder who weighs 215 pounds and has a 6% body fat would be labeled obese. And there is already a new scale just for people from Southeast Asia where the ranges are lowered.

While it can be a good indicator of the healthiness of your weight if you fall within certain statistical norms that were used to develop it, it should be taken with a significant grain of salt and should not be used as a substitute for a professional evaluation of your health by a doctor.

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Walk from Obesity

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Walk from Obesity

Walk for your Health. Walk for our Children. Walk for the Future.

In cities across the United States, individuals affected by obesity, their family members and friends, healthcare professionals and many others come together and proudly walk to raise awareness of the disease of obesity, childhood obesity and morbid obesity in the annual Walk from Obesity, which is organized by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Foundation and the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC).

Join Us

Saturday, September 24th
10:00am - noon (registration begins at 9:00am)
Lowell General Hospital
Center for Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery
20 Research Place
North Chelmsford, MA

There will be a health fair, prizes, music and more!

Click here to donate.

Read the July 2011 Walk from Obesity E-newsletter.

2010 Walk from Obesity 4

2010 Walk from Obesity 3 Last year, we were one of the top twelve fundraiser groups across the country, and our own Bob Teperow was one of the top three individual fundraisers.

Funds generated from the event support the ASMBS Foundation and its research and professional education initiatives, and the patient and general public educational and advocacy programs of the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC).

2010 ambassadors