A person is obese if he has weight for height -: (A) 1 SD from median weight for height, (B) 2 SD from median weight for height, (C) 3 SD from median weight for height, (D) None
Answer is B. Park's textbook of preventive and social medicine 23rd edition In epidemiological studies it is conventional to accept +2SD from the median weight for height as a cutoff point for obesity.