Re: Fatties. My money where your mouth is.
Wiki definition of "morbidly obese":
Body mass index (BMI), also called the Quetelet number, is currently the most widely accepted calculation of excess body fat for human beings. BMI was developed between 1830 and 1850 by the Belgian statistician Adolphe Quetelet. It is calculated by dividing the subject's weight in kilograms by the square of his/her height in meters (BMI = W / h2).
For example, a person who weighs 75 kilograms and stands 1.8 meters tall would have a BMI of 23.148. The number 23.148 is then compared to a table of definitions whose qualitative values are necessarily arbitrary.
The current definitions commonly in use establish the following values:
* A BMI below 18.0 is characterized as underweight
* A BMI of 18.0 - 24.999 is characterized as normal weight
* A BMI of 25.0 - 29.999 is characterized as overweight
* A BMI of 30.0 - 34.999 is characterized as obese.
* A BMI of 35.0 or higher is characterized as "severely (or morbidly) obese."
For conversion assistance, 1 lb = .45 kg, 1 inch = 2.54 cm
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