The term obesity implies a disease of excessive accumulation of body fat. The emphasis is on 'disease' and 'body fat', not excess weight. You may be overweight byt you may not be obese-yet. In order to find the level at which excess weight becomes harmful, it is necessary to quantify obesity. The best way to do this is to calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI). BMI is calculated by dividing a person's weight in kilogrammes wioth the square of their height in metres.
Once you have calculated your BMI, you can then compare the value against the standard Asian BMI guidelines to know if you are overweight, obese or just normal
Below 18: Undernourished
18-22: Average
23-27: Overweight
28-37: Obese
>37: Morbidly obese
However, a person with a BMI of more than 28 is obese and likely to suffer from related ill effects.
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