Forty-six percent (46%) of U.S. men are obese when defined as having more than 25% body fat or more according to a study by Eric Braverman, MD and Nirav R. Shah, MD.

Using a BMI cutoff of 30, only 26% of these men were classified as obese.

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Seventy-four percent (74%) of U.S. women are obese when defined as having more than 30% body fat or more according to a study by Eric Braverman, MD and Nirav R. Shah, MD.

Using a BMI cutoff of 30, only 26% of these women were classified as obese.

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BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) is less than perfect at identifying obesity according to a recent study. Half of those identified as obese according to BMI calculations were not obese when percent body fat was measured. Read the entire article | Email this article