BMI benchmarks

While I don't want to look too far ahead (someone asked me how much weight I had to lose, and I answered, the next 5kg. And then the 5kg after that. Just one step at a time), I thought I'd play with a Body Mass Indicator calculator and find out some benchmarks for my height (167cm). (Nonmetric calculator here).

• Superobese is a BMI >50, or at my height >139kg.
• Morbidly obese is a BMI >40, or at my height >111kg.
• Severely obese is a BMI >35, or at my height >97kg
• Obese is a BMI >30, or at my height >84kg
• Overweight is a BMI >25, or at my height >69kg
• Normal is a BMI 18.6 - 25, or at my height 52kg - 68kg
• Underweight is a BMI <18.5,>

It's an interesting game to play - try it for your height. It's another way to measure progress, falling through the categories.

Etymological sideline: the word 'obese' is derived from the Latin that has eaten itself fat. The adjective 'obese' is attested from 1651 (that's a lot of centuries of fat people...).