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A healthcare provider can help you ... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines low body weight as a body mass index (BMI) below 18.5. You lack enough body fat to insulate ...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines obesity as a person who has a BMI of 30 or more. As of March 2020, nearly 42% of U.S. adults had obesity, according to the CDC. Athletes and ...