When dealing with obesity, the term Body Mass Index (BMI) is common. The BMI is simply a way to tell if a person is overweight or obese. The steps are fairly simple and can be done quickly. Simply take ones weight and divide in into their height in meters squared. After the number is found, look onto a chart that includes height, body weight, and BMI numbers, or look at the chart provided. On the chart find the correct weight, and then the BMI number. This will help find the weight that is healthy for ones body.

Being obese, as stated in Mayo Clinic on Healthy Weight, “is being seriously overweight because of excess body fat”(15). Many Americans, 55% according to Koplan and Dietz, found in Writing and Reading Acro

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