Question:
What is the definition of Overweight?

How many pounds over ones ideal weight is considered overweight, obese, and MO....thanks    — barbara A. (posted on September 10, 2002)

September 10, 2002
The last list I saw was like so. 20% over ideal is obese. So, if 110# is my ideal wt (on some charts, I'm chubby at 110), I'd be considered obese at 132. I thought that was a pretty good wt when I was there! 100# over ideal is morbid. 500# + is super morbid and I believe there is another category at 800+. Then there's the BMI thing. I was considered super morbid by that std, at BMI 50, even though I weighed 262. Go figure.
   — vitalady

September 10, 2002
Go to the opening screen of this site. After you have entered, click on Calculating Weight Loss. At the bottom of this is the chart of what BMI equals which clasification. A short version is: BMI between 21 and 25 - ideal 26 and 30 - overweight 31 and 35 = very overweight 36 and 40 - obese 41 and 50 - Morbidly Obese 51 and 60 - super morbidly obese 61 up - super, super morbidly obese
   — grammie5