La definizione corrente proposta da National Institutes of Health (NIH) degli Stati Uniti e World Health Organization (WHO) designa i bianchi, Ispanici e neri con un IBM di 25 o più come persone sovrappeso. ###>The current definition proposed by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) designates whites, Hispanics and blacks with a BMI of 25 or more as overweight.