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Obesity
 Causes and Complications
Diagnosis
Treatment
Diagnosis During your initial visit at the Weight Management Program, you will meet with a doctor who will carefully assess your total body fat to determine whether you are overweight or obese.
The body mass index (BMI) tool is the medical standard for defining obesity. Body mass index (BMI) is a number based on both your height and weight that can help evaluate the degree to which you are overweight and assess your total body fat.
A formula is used to calculate an adult's BMI:
BMI = weight in kilograms / (height in meters) ²
Normal BMI is 20 to 25. Generally, men with more than 25 percent body fat and women with more than 30 percent body fat are considered obese. Use our Body Mass Index Tool to check your BMI.
Doctors also use weight-for-height tables, which chart acceptable healthy weights for a person of a given height.
Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Medical Center.
Last updated May 8, 2007
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