How To Know If You Are Obese

How do I know if I'm obese?

With the term obese, there's obese and then there's morbidly obese. The standards, the protocol and what the government says have evolved over time. However, in general terms, you are considered obese if you're a male and your body fat percentage is over 25%, and you're obese if you're female and your body fat percentage is over 35%. Why the discrepancy? Because women need the extra percentage of body fat to protect their unborn child. It's a built in mechanism so we get healthy babies.