Table 5. Predicted number of pounds/kilograms that would need to be lost to achieve various percent reductions in relative or absolute diabetes risk, for a 1.7-meter-tall individual.

Percent reduced diabetes risk	Predicted weight loss needed to achieve risk reduction
	Overweight (25 ≤ BMI < 30 kg/m2)	Obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2)
25%, relative	6 lbs (5, 7)/3 kg (2, 3)	8 lbs (7, 10)/4 kg (3, 5)
50%, relative	14 lbs (12, 18)/6 kg (5, 8)	20 lbs (16, 25)/9 kg (7, 11)
1%, absolute	6 lbs (5, 8)/3 kg (2, 4)	2 lbs (2, 3)/1 kg (1, 1)
2%, absolute	16 lbs (13, 20)/7 kg (6, 9)	5 lbs (4, 6)/2 kg (2, 3)

95% confidence intervals are indicated in parentheses.