bmichart_obese-morbidlyobese

BMI - Obese and Morbidly Obese

Definition

The term morbid obesity refers to individuals who are 50-100% or 100 pounds above their ideal body weight. A BMI value greater than 39 may be used to diagnose morbid obesity.

Medical Problems

Medical problems commonly resulting from morbid obesity include the following:

Diabetes

Hypertension

Heart disease

Stroke

Certain cancers, including breast and colon

Depression

Osteoarthritis

	WEIGHT (lbs.)
HEIGHT	255	260	265	270	275	280	285	290	295	300	305	310	315	320	325	330	335	340	345	350	355	360	365	370	375	380	385	390	395	400
5'0"	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78
5'1"	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76
5'2"	47	48	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	70	71	72	73
5'3"	45	46	47	48	49	50	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	66	67	68	69	70	71
5'4"	44	45	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	64	65	66	67	68	69
5'5"	42	43	44	45	46	47	47	48	49	50	51	52	52	53	54	55	56	57	57	58	59	60	61	62	62	63	64	65	66	67
5'6"	41	42	43	44	44	45	46	47	48	48	49	50	51	52	52	53	54	55	56	56	57	58	59	60	61	61	62	63	64	65
5'7"	40	41	42	42	43	44	45	45	46	47	48	49	49	50	51	52	52	53	54	55	56	56	57	58	59	60	60	61	62	63
5'8"	39	40	40	41	42	43	43	44	45	46	46	47	48	49	49	50	51	52	52	53	54	55	55	56	57	58	59	59	60	61
5'9"	38	38	39	40	41	41	42	43	44	44	45	46	47	47	48	49	49	50	51	52	52	53	54	55	55	56	57	58	58	59
5'10"	37	37	38	39	39	40	41	42	42	43	44	44	45	46	47	47	48	49	50	50	51	52	52	53	54	55	55	56	57	57
5'11"	36	36	37	38	38	39	40	40	41	42	43	43	44	45	45	46	47	47	48	49	50	50	51	52	52	53	54	54	55	56
6'0"	35	35	36	37	37	38	39	39	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	45	45	46	47	47	48	49	50	50	51	52	52	53	54	54
6'1"	34	34	35	36	36	37	38	38	39	40	40	41	42	42	43	44	44	45	46	46	47	47	48	49	49	50	51	51	52	53
6'2"	33	33	34	35	35	36	37	37	38	39	39	40	40	41	42	42	43	44	44	45	46	46	47	48	48	49	49	50	51	51
6'3"	32	32	33	34	34	35	36	36	37	37	38	39	39	40	41	41	42	42	43	44	44	45	46	46	47	47	48	49	49	50
6'4"	31	32	32	33	33	34	35	35	36	37	37	38	38	39	40	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	44	45	46	46	47	47	48	49