Table 3: WHO Asia Pacific perspective in our coding for Asians (WHO IOTF 2003)
Classification
BMI (kg/m2)
Coding
Underweight
< 18.5
T29
(Endocrine/metabolic/nutritional symptom/complaint other)
Normal range
18.5 - 22.9
None
Overweight:
>
23
Pre-obese
23 - 24.9
T83 (overweight)
Obese I
25 - 29.9
T82(obese)
Obese II
>
30
T82(obese)