Health Status of Adult Montanans
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Persons limited or not limited by weight problems according to whether their BMIs met the 1998 National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute’s criteria for underweight, acceptable weight, overweight, and obese. 31 persons with a BMI <18.5 were not limited by weight problems. 16 persons with a BMI <18.5 were limited by weight problems. 160 persons with a BMI 19-24.5 were not limited by weight problems. 32 persons with a BMI 19-24.5 were limited by weight problems. 89 persons with a BMI 25-29.5 were not limited by weight problems. 58 persons with a BMI 25-29.5 were limited by weight problems. 30 persons with a BMI >30 were not limited by weight problems. 112 persons with a BMI >30 were limited by weight problems.