Health CBE Practice Exam

Body mass index categories place values below 18.5 as underweight, 18.5–24.9 as healthy weight, 25–29.9 as overweight, and 30+ as obese. The range given includes the central portion that falls into the healthy weight category (18.5–24.9). Although the ends of the range touch underweight (17.3) and slightly into the overweight territory (25.2), the broad idea is that a BMI within that span is most consistent with the healthy weight classification. So the best single category to assign a BMI within 17.3 to 25.2 is healthy weight.