Do I look OBESE? Pic included

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So apparently I’m obese according to the NHS website. I definitely have a belly but I don’t feel obese! What do you think? I’m worried I’m deluded!

your picture hasnt uploaded yet but what does it say your BMI is?

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Can't see photo - maybe it still has to be approved.

What is your height and weight? You don't look obese, no.

Your dogs 🥰

Oh now i can see it. No you don't look obese.

It's not the clearest picture, but no I wouldn't look at that and think you're obese.

You look fab. You also have gorgeous dogs. Sod what the website says!

Absolutely not.

It’s a hard pic to tell from. But ultimately it’s medical classification rather than a feeling, so if that what the numbers are saying then yes you are.

It's hard to see your belly..side on would be possibly more truthful.

I wouldn't worry what you look like though, bmi is generally a good indicator unless you are a peak athlete so I'd assume it is accurate in saying that for your height you are too heavy.

You don’t look obese bit you look like you carry any excess around your middle which is a risk factor for heart disease, hypertension and diabetes

I’m 5ft 3 and 11 stone 4 pounds. I know I’m a bit heavy, but fuck me, obese seems harsh! But I don’t know if I’m deluded

Lovely pooches! No, you don’t look obese.

It's a tough one but if you've a big belly then yes. Just read your height and weight...sorry but yes you're obese.
Nb...im only just out of the obese category so I empathise

No, definitely not obese. Carrying a little extra around the middle, perhaps? (Like many of us, including me. Except I have rather more than a little extra.)

I think bmi has been discredited now hasn’t it - I thought it had been replaced by the body roundness index

I just put your figures into NHS BMI calculator. It said 28 which is overweight but not obese. I think your figure looks totally normal. A little bit of weight to lose to get to the healthy range but totally doable.

I’m useless at these types of things but I know my sister was your weight and height but was way bigger than you look in that photo.

You don’t look obese to me (in that photo)

You look similar to me in body shape, probably the same BMI. So I'm going to say no. I'm about an inch shorter than you. I don't weigh myself so don't really know my weight.

I looked like this when obese I'm afraid, though I had a fat neck and upper arms as well.

You look ok to me, but it’s hard to tell from a photo. BMI is often not accurate.

How do you feel in yourself? Do you have reasonably good energy, sleep ok, eat fairly well, move around? Your wellbeing is the most important thing.

In the nicest possible way, it really doesn’t matter whether you or anyone else thinks you look obese (FWIW I wouldn’t have thought you were obese looking at that picture either). If you are, you are and you’ll be at increased risk of various health conditions due to your weight. That’s probably the thing to focus on.

It's a medical term though not what you look like.

You look great btw but the NHS are looking at statistics that mean you are more likely to develop diabetes etc.

Im same height and at 59 kgs/9 st 3 im overweight as Im asian. So yeah I'm guessing that is obese as I think you are white