European Heart Journal Advance Access published online on August 2, 2007
European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm321
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Adiposity and cardiovascular disease: are we using the right definition of obesity?
Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie, Laval Hospital, 2725 Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada G1V 4G5
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This editorial refers to ‘Diagnostic performance of body mass index to detect obesity in patients with coronary artery disease’ by A. Romero-Corral et al., doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm243
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Obesity is associated with a wide variety of co-morbidities, some of which may lead to disability or death.1 In general, the risk of developing co-morbidities rises as body mass index (BMI) increases. The most widely used classification of obesity is expressed in terms of BMI, where individuals whose BMI is <18.5 kg/m2 are considered as underweight whereas those whose BMI ranges from 18.5 to 24.9 kg/m2 are classified as having normal or acceptable weight. Those whose BMI ranges from 25 to 29.9 kg/m2 are commonly referred to as overweight. Obesity is said to be present when BMI is 
30 kg/m2. There are three grades of obesity: grade 1 (BMI ranging from 30 to 34.9 kg/m2), grade 2 (BMI ranging from 35.0 to 39.9 kg/m2), and grade
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