And what about my weight?

Developed in the 19th century, the Body Mass Index (BMI) is a measurement currently used to estimate a person’s body size. It’s a quick and easy tool, defined as a person’s weight in kilograms, divided by the square of their height in meters (kg/m ).

According to the WHO, the number of obese people has tripled since 1975. By 2030, the organization predicts that without swift and radical action, one in five women and one in seven men will be directly affected by obesity by 2030.

BMI remains the key determining figure to calculate how over- or underweight an individual is.

If we are all more or less concerned about our health, we do not necessarily consider that obesity concerns us directly. This may seem distant, a problem that concerns other countries or other families.

Nowadays, the question of weight, in particular of growing overweight and obesity is a pervasive public health issue at the international level. This explains the great interest of people in weight loss, notably via the numerous weight loss diets which exist today.