| Answering this question may give
you the courage you need to take the first step. Below
are tools you can use to determine if you are morbidly
obese and potentially a candidate for weight loss surgery.
There are several medically accepted
criteria for defining morbid obesity. You are likely
morbidly obese if you are:
- more than 100 lbs. over your ideal body weight,
or
- have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of over 40, or
- have a BMI of over 35 and are experiencing severe
negative health effects, such as high blood pressure
or diabetes, related to being severely overweight
- unable to achieve a healthy body weight for a sustained
period of time, even through medically supervised dieting.
Select your gender, and then move
the red slider handles or select your height and weight
to calculate your BMI. The results of the BMI calculations
are displayed below. Note that these are approximate values,
and are intended to be used only as a rough guide. |
