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Licemer1 [7]
2 years ago
12

Approximately _____ of adults in the United States are overweight, as defined by a body mass index (BMI) greater than 25.

Medicine
1 answer:
Gnoma [55]2 years ago
3 0

Approximately 74 percent of adults in the United States are overweight. BMI

is known as body mass index and it is calculated by

BMI= weight/height

BMI = kg/m²

Body mass index helps to determine if a person is overweight or

underweight. Being over weight means having a BMI of 25-29.9 while

having below 18.5 means being underweight.

Recent studies have however shown that approximately 74 percent of adults

have a BMI of greater than 25 which means they are overweight.

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