What would be the correct interpretation of an adolescent who has a BMI above the 85th percentile?
A)The adolescent is overweight.
B)The adolescent is obese.
C)The adolescent is at risk for becoming overweight.
D)The adolescent is overfat.

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As in children, the plotting of an adolescent's BMI above the 85th percentile but below the 95th percentile is interpreted as being at risk for becoming overweight.A BMI above the 95th percentile is interpreted as being overweight.For an interpretation of obesity, the BMI would have to be significantly above the 95th percentile.

What Would Be the Correct Interpretation of an Adolescent Who