Existing maternal obesity guidelines may increase inequalities between ethnic groups: a national epidemiological study of 502,474 births in England

Table 1 A comparison of the WHO BMI classifications for the general population and for Asian populations

	WHO general population BMI classifications	WHO asian BMI classifications
Underweight	<18.5kg/m²	<18.5kg/m²
Ideal	18.5-24.9kg/m²	18.5-23kg/m²
Overweight	25.0-29.9kg/m²	23-27.5kg/m²
Obese	≥30kg/m²	>27.5kg/m²

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