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For adults 20 years and older: A BMI below 18.5 (light blue) is considered underweight. A BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 (green) is considered healthy. A BMI of 25 to 29.9 (yellow) is considered overweight. A BMI of 30 to 39.9 (red) is considered obese. ...
Older adults tend to lose muscle mass and gain fat.Your BMI may be healthy when your body composition isn’t. Interestingly, excess body fat is not linked to a higher risk of disease and death in adults over 65. But loss of lean body mass may pose a significant threat to your longevity...
Written consent by parents for students who were younger than 16 years and by students who were older than 16 years was obtained on both occasions. The Regional Committee for Medical Research Ethics; Region South East, (University of Oslo), approved the study in both 2002 and 2017 (2017...
and cognitive impairment was discovered.Male older adults may need to manage their BMI more rigorously.We recommend that Chinese male older adults should keep their BMI around 22.774kg/m2and female older adults keep it above 24.817kg/m2.Transforming cognition into a categorical variable for analysis...
Multiple studies in both adults and older aged children have reported similar effect estimates (18,19). However, waist to hip ratio has not consistently been identified as a strong predictor of cardio- vascular risk factors. These inconsistencies may be due to the large variations in the level ...
Older adults tend to have more body fat and less muscle mass — but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Studies show that BMIs in the high-normal to overweight range may protect older adults from developing certain diseases and dying early. ...
BMI may also underestimate body fat in older people or others who have lost muscle.What health risks are associated with a high BMI?A higher BMI may mean you are more at risk for certain conditions, such as:high blood pressure high cholesterol type 2 diabetes gallstones mental health ...
In the United States in 2022 among adults, themedian female BMI was 26.7. Womenaveraged a BMI of 27.8. Average and Median BMI for Men For men in the United States 18 or older in 2022, themedian BMI was 27.4. Menaveraged a BMI of 28.1. ...
top health. Lastly, overweight and obese are classifications that imply that an individual has an excessive body weight or body fat. However, there is some difference between the two classifications. Overweight simply refers to the condition ...