Normal: 18.5-23.9, overweight: ≥24, overweight: 24 ~ 27.9, obesity: ≥28.
According to the standards set by the World Health Organization, Asians whose body mass index is higher than 22.9 are overweight. Asians and Europeans and Americans belong to different races, and the WHO standard is not suitable for the situation of China people, so the China reference standard was formulated.
Extended data
Body mass index (BMI) is widely used to measure the degree of obesity in the world. Body mass index is equal to weight (kg) divided by the square of height (m). Waist circumference is an important index to measure abdominal obesity, which reflects the degree of abdominal fat accumulation and is related to a series of metabolic abnormalities.
The summary analysis report of China Obesity Working Group shows that the increase of body mass index will also increase the incidence of coronary heart disease and stroke, and overweight and obesity are independent risk factors for coronary heart disease and stroke. The relative risk of coronary heart disease, stroke and ischemic stroke increased by 65,438 05.4%, 6,654.38 0% and 65,438 08.8% respectively with the increase of BMI by 2. ?
Once the body mass index reaches or exceeds 24, the probability of suffering from serious health-threatening diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease and dyslipidemia will increase significantly.
For different races, the same body mass index may represent different degrees of obesity. The level of body mass index in Asia (including China) is lower than that of European countries as a whole, but according to many studies, Asians are already at high risk of cardiovascular diseases at a low level of body mass index. In other words, when the Chinese body mass index is lower than 25, the risk of hypertension begins to increase.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Body Mass Index Index