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==BMI ranges in adults == The United States [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] uses these ranges for adults. For children and adolescents, alternative ranges are used.<ref name="BMI-table">{{Cite web | url = https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmi_tbl.htm | title = Body Mass Index Table 1 | last = | first = | author-link = | date = | website = National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2022-01-12}}</ref><ref name="adult-BMI">{{Cite web | url = https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_bmi/index.html | title = Healthy Weight, Nutrition, and Physical Activity Section {{!}} About Adult BMI | last = | first = | author-link = | date = 2021-06-11 | website = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|language=en-us|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2022-01-11}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! BMI !! |- | Under 18.5 || Underweight |- | 18.5 - under 25 || Healthy weight |- | 25.0 - under 30 || Overweight |- | 30.0 - under 35 || Obesity class 1 |- | 35.0 - under 40 || Obesity class 2 |- | 40.0 or higher || Obesity class 3 (severe obesity) |} The [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] regards a [[body mass index|Body Mass Index]] of 30 or higher in adults as obesity.<ref name="definition">{{Cite web | url = https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/adult/defining.html | title = Defining Adult Overweight and Obesity | last = | first = | author-link = | date = 2021-06-07 | website = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|language=en-us|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2022-01-11}}</ref>
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