“Obesity” as defined by a measured Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 kg/㎡ or greater, is a medical condition of such prevalence that it is now described as a new pandemic.
The accepted healthy range of the BMI (which is weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared = kg/㎡) for adults 20 years and older is 18.5 to 24.9.
Of obese Australians suffer from diabetes as a co-morbidity