According to the consensus guidelines applicable to Asian Indians, a person with a BMI of 26 kg/m2 and waist circumference 95 cm is classified as:

• A Normal weight with abdominal obesity
• B Overweight
• C Morbidly obese
• D Obese ✓

Explanation

Indian consensus guidelines lower the thresholds compared with WHO global criteria: BMI of 23 kg/m2 or more defines overweight and 25 kg/m2 or more defines obesity in Asian Indians, reflecting their higher adiposity and metabolic risk at any given BMI. Abdominal obesity is defined by waist circumference of 90 cm or more in men and 80 cm or more in women. At a BMI of 26 this patient meets the Indian definition of generalised obesity, though under WHO global criteria he would be merely overweight.

Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.

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