Role of Socioeconomic Indicators on Development of Obesity from a Life Course Perspective

Table 1

Prevalence of overweight and obesity according to BMI at age 57–70 years among 927 men and 1074 women.

		Men	Women
	BMI (kg/m2)	%	%
Underweight	<18.5	—	0.6
Normal	18.5–24.9	26.1	31.7
Overweight	25.0–29.9	51.5	40.4
Obesity, class I	30.0–34.9	17.3	18.4
Obesity, class II	35.0–39.9	3.8	6.5
Obesity, class III	≤40	1.2	2.3