"obese" is defined as being 30 percent over your so-called "ideal weight" or heavier. However, "ideal weight" is an arbitrary social construct that has little relation to health and morbidity rates based on stastistical studies.
People at the low end of the "ideal" BMI range have worse mortality rates than people who are in the "mildly overweight" BMI range, for instance.
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Date: 2005-09-09 01:16 pm (UTC)People at the low end of the "ideal" BMI range have worse mortality rates than people who are in the "mildly overweight" BMI range, for instance.