How can you tell if you're overweight or obese? - Everything You Need to Know

Olivia Davis
September 08, 2025
4min.
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How can you tell if you're overweight or obese?

Technological advances, access to more and more food (not always of good quality), a rushed life and a lack of basic knowledge about healthy eating have made overweight and obesity plagues in the 21st century. They are also referred to as civilization diseases. More and more people are struggling with these problems. Sometimes people don't know how to check if the problem is already affecting them, or they aren't aware of the dangers of too much fatty tissue.

Table of Contents

1. Body mass index (BMI)

2. The waist circumference indicator

3. It's a metabolic syndrome

4. For women

5. It's for men

1. Body mass index (BMI)

The most common way to verify that weight is correct is to calculate a body mass index (BMI). This indicator can be calculated using the following formula. BMI = body mass (kg) ÷ [growth (m) ]2 If the result of the equation is less than 18.5, it means weightlessness. Values 18, 524, 9 mean body weight. Overweight is 2529, 9. However, the indicator for obesity starts at 3034, 9, body weight is 3539, and the weight of the body weight of an individual over 40 degrees can be considered a good indicator of obesity. However, this indicator is too low and, as a general rule, it is much better to choose a body weight index, for example, a BMI of overweight and overweight.

2. The waist circumference indicator

Instead of calculating the BMI, the waist circumference (WC) can be checked, and above all the WHtR, which is the ratio of waist to height. When measuring theWHtR you can check whether there is too much fatty tissue in your waist that is much more dangerous to your body than the fat tissue located elsewhere in your body. This measurement allows you to check whether you have abdominal obesity that is responsible for the development of serious metabolic disorders such as hyperlipidemia.

3. It's a metabolic syndrome

A waist circumference indicating abdominal obesity may be associated with a risk of metabolic syndrome. There may also be complications of the circulatory system due to its presence. To rule out the occurrence of this syndrome, other characteristics of the metabolic system should be investigated. If the results of the studies show the co-existence of three of the abnormalities given this means that treatment should be started.

4. For women

waist circumference greater than 88 cm, triglyceride levels greater than or equal to 150 mg/dl, ?? HDL cholesterol levels lower than 50 mg/ dl,

5. It's for men

waist circumference greater than 102 cm, triglyceride levels greater than or equal to 150 mg/dl, ?? HDL cholesterol levels lower than 40 mg/ dl,

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