Table 3.
Distribution of different categories of BMI prevalence (%), by sex and province, 2021.
| BMI categories | Age standardized mean BMI (kg/m2) (UI) | Underweight (BMI < 18.5) | Normal (18.5 ≤ BMI <25) | Overweight (25 ≤ BMI <30) | Obesity (30 ≤ BMI) | Class I obesity (30 ≤ BMI < 35) | Class II obesity (35 ≤ BMI < 40) | Class III obesity (40 ≤ BMI) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Province | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male |
| National | 27.15 (26.53,27.76) | 25.66 (25.16,26.15) | 5.23 (2.23,8.24) | 4.46 (1.93,6.99) | 33.25 (27.56,38.95) | 41.04 (34.96,47.11) | 32.64 (27.08,38.2) | 40.18 (34.16,46.21) | 28.87 (23.76,33.98) | 14.32 (10.31,18.33) | 21.44 (16.69,26.19) | 11.74 (8.06,15.42) | 5.61 (3.34,7.89) | 2.58 (0.75,4.41) | 1.81 (0.24,3.38) | 0 (0,0) |
| Markazi | 28.08 (27.47,28.7) | 26.66 (25.75,27.57) | 3.26 (1.12,5.4) | 6.14 (1.71,10.57) | 28.96 (23.57,34.35) | 33.56 (25.88,41.24) | 30.48 (25.11,35.85) | 39.3 (31.47,47.12) | 37.3 (31.86,42.74) | 21.01 (14.4,27.61) | 25.88 (20.82,30.95) | 14.5 (9.17,19.84) | 7.84 (4.99,10.68) | 4.75 (0.98,8.52) | 3.58 (1.7,5.47) | 1.75 (−0.62,4.13) |
| Gilan | 27.85 (27.33,28.36) | 26.98 (26.33,27.62) | 2.59 (0.58,4.59) | 0.96 (−0.26,2.18) | 30.81 (25.92,35.7) | 38.96 (33.2,44.72) | 35.95 (30.97,40.93) | 35.85 (30.34,41.37) | 30.66 (26.24,35.07) | 24.23 (19.2,29.25) | 20.3 (16.26,24.34) | 18.58 (14.13,23.04) | 7.97 (5.53,10.4) | 3.05 (1.05,5.04) | 2.39 (1.25,3.53) | 2.6 (0.45,4.75) |
| Mazandaran | 27.65 (27.18,28.12) | 25.94 (25.48,26.4) | 2.86 (0.98,4.74) | 2.04 (0.44,3.65) | 30.1 (25.63,34.57) | 44.92 (39.74,50.11) | 35.26 (30.66,39.87) | 34.92 (29.95,39.89) | 31.78 (27.8,35.77) | 18.11 (14.31,21.91) | 22.44 (18.74,26.15) | 13.82 (10.38,17.27) | 8.18 (5.94,10.41) | 3.52 (1.73,5.3) | 1.16 (0.35,1.98) | 0.77 (−0.02,1.56) |
| Azerbaijan, East | 27.85 (27.38,28.31) | 26.2 (25.71,26.68) | 2.73 (1.03,4.44) | 2.06 (0.39,3.73) | 30.04 (25.7,34.38) | 37.85 (32.53,43.17) | 32.37 (27.81,36.94) | 42.55 (37.04,48.06) | 34.85 (30.54,39.16) | 17.54 (13.35,21.72) | 27 (22.81,31.2) | 13.78 (10.02,17.54) | 6.31 (4.21,8.4) | 3.37 (1.4,5.34) | 1.54 (0.53,2.55) | 0.38 (−0.36,1.13) |
| Azerbaijan, West | 26.56 (26.12,27) | 25.88 (25.43,26.33) | 3.81 (1.8,5.82) | 3.64 (1.74,5.55) | 34.71 (30.26,39.17) | 39.27 (33.99,44.54) | 37.8 (33.21,42.38) | 43.99 (38.57,49.42) | 23.68 (19.96,27.4) | 13.1 (9.41,16.78) | 18.42 (15.06,21.78) | 9.89 (6.63,13.14) | 4.06 (2.34,5.78) | 1.95 (0.66,3.25) | 1.2 (0.31,2.1) | 1.26 (−0.23,2.74) |
| Kermanshah | 27.95 (27.41,28.5) | 26.05 (25.63,26.47) | 4.49 (2.66,6.32) | 3.04 (1.3,4.78) | 30.73 (26.51,34.96) | 39.82 (35.02,44.61) | 33.14 (28.94,37.34) | 39.97 (35.22,44.73) | 31.64 (27.68,35.59) | 17.17 (13.73,20.6) | 19.02 (15.55,22.48) | 13.77 (10.61,16.93) | 7.69 (5.48,9.9) | 2.8 (1.29,4.3) | 4.93 (3.11,6.75) | 0.6 (−0.07,1.27) |
| Khuzestan | 26.65 (26.22,27.08) | 25.1 (24.67,25.53) | 5.07 (3.02,7.12) | 6.99 (4.51,9.48) | 33.96 (29.93,38) | 44.48 (39.79,49.16) | 36.62 (32.56,40.69) | 35.2 (30.77,39.63) | 24.34 (21.12,27.57) | 13.33 (10.26,16.4) | 17.32 (14.47,20.18) | 11.41 (8.58,14.25) | 5.61 (3.85,7.37) | 0.99 (−0.03,2.01) | 1.41 (0.45,2.37) | 0.93 (0.07,1.79) |
| Fars | 26.32 (25.72,26.91) | 23.93 (23.44,24.41) | 7.12 (4.41,9.82) | 10.72 (7.3,14.13) | 37.17 (32.22,42.12) | 51.75 (46.31,57.2) | 31.66 (26.88,36.44) | 28.69 (23.89,33.49) | 24.05 (19.7,28.41) | 8.84 (5.65,12.04) | 17.42 (13.53,21.32) | 6.86 (3.98,9.75) | 4.06 (2.04,6.08) | 1.98 (0.49,3.47) | 2.57 (0.86,4.28) | 0 (0,0) |
| Kerman | 27.01 (26.64,27.39) | 25.23 (24.88,25.58) | 5.03 (3.24,6.82) | 5.15 (3.29,7) | 30.35 (26.83,33.87) | 44.21 (40.18,48.24) | 38.24 (34.57,41.92) | 36.09 (32.29,39.89) | 26.37 (23.32,29.42) | 14.55 (11.76,17.34) | 19.91 (17.1,22.71) | 12.8 (10.14,15.47) | 4.84 (3.41,6.27) | 1.63 (0.66,2.61) | 1.62 (0.78,2.45) | 0.11 (−0.11,0.33) |
| Khorasan, Razavi | 26.78 (26.32,27.24) | 25.66 (25.25,26.06) | 5.72 (3.52,7.92) | 4.12 (2.23,6) | 36.01 (32.03,39.99) | 41.11 (36.45,45.77) | 33.24 (29.48,37.01) | 39.05 (34.47,43.63) | 25.03 (21.81,28.25) | 15.72 (12.59,18.86) | 17.37 (14.6,20.13) | 12.72 (9.81,15.63) | 4.97 (3.49,6.45) | 3 (1.6,4.4) | 2.69 (1.27,4.12) | 0 (0,0) |
| Isfahan | 24.43 (24.01,24.85) | 23.35 (22.91,23.8) | 13.21 (10.36,16.05) | 14.3 (10.92,17.69) | 45.18 (40.96,49.39) | 50.8 (45.91,55.7) | 28.24 (24.5,31.99) | 24.19 (20.01,28.37) | 13.38 (10.61,16.14) | 10.7 (7.59,13.82) | 9.93 (7.47,12.38) | 10.44 (7.36,13.52) | 2.22 (1.02,3.42) | 0.27 (−0.25,0.79) | 1.23 (0.32,2.15) | 0 (0,0) |
| Sistan and Baluchistan | 28.25 (27.75,28.75) | 26.31 (25.78,26.83) | 3.87 (1.76,5.98) | 2.66 (0.84,4.49) | 23.36 (19.09,27.62) | 37 (31.45,42.55) | 37.03 (32.28,41.78) | 40.36 (34.83,45.89) | 35.74 (31.15,40.33) | 19.99 (15.49,24.48) | 25.16 (20.96,29.37) | 17.29 (13.03,21.54) | 8.29 (5.6,10.98) | 2.27 (0.75,3.78) | 2.29 (0.92,3.65) | 0.43 (−0.41,1.27) |
| Kordestan | 26.98 (26.5,27.46) | 25.1 (24.55,25.65) | 5.23 (2.78,7.68) | 4.91 (2.3,7.52) | 35.04 (30.33,39.75) | 50.52 (44.44,56.61) | 32.03 (27.46,36.6) | 32.1 (26.74,37.46) | 27.71 (23.74,31.68) | 12.47 (8.32,16.61) | 19.63 (16.06,23.2) | 10.05 (6.34,13.77) | 6.41 (4.24,8.58) | 1.76 (−0.18,3.7) | 1.66 (0.47,2.86) | 0.66 (−0.18,1.49) |
| Hamadan | 26.56 (26.14,26.99) | 25.63 (25.11,26.15) | 3.29 (1.41,5.18) | 5.61 (2.73,8.49) | 38.58 (34.1,43.07) | 41.62 (35.99,47.25) | 36.03 (31.62,40.45) | 37.9 (32.47,43.34) | 22.09 (18.59,25.59) | 14.87 (10.95,18.8) | 15.94 (12.8,19.07) | 11.38 (7.93,14.84) | 4.6 (2.86,6.34) | 3.2 (1.15,5.24) | 1.55 (0.43,2.68) | 0.29 (−0.11,0.69) |
| Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari | 26.7 (26.25,27.14) | 25.93 (25.4,26.47) | 2.85 (1.2,4.49) | 2.54 (0.81,4.28) | 35.28 (30.59,39.97) | 43.59 (37.81,49.37) | 38.75 (34.03,43.48) | 38.23 (32.59,43.88) | 23.11 (19.21,27.01) | 15.63 (11.46,19.81) | 18.99 (15.24,22.74) | 11.21 (7.62,14.8) | 3.13 (1.77,4.49) | 3.42 (1.36,5.48) | 0.99 (0.21,1.78) | 1.01 (−0.24,2.25) |
| Lorestan | 26.93 (26.32,27.55) | 25.88 (25.45,26.32) | 3.05 (0.53,5.58) | 0.26 (−0.23,0.74) | 35.16 (29.21,41.1) | 42.47 (36.38,48.55) | 34.81 (28.97,40.65) | 44.54 (38.43,50.66) | 26.98 (22.09,31.87) | 12.73 (8.76,16.71) | 21.15 (16.63,25.67) | 11.1 (7.32,14.87) | 4.27 (2.05,6.49) | 1.64 (0.16,3.11) | 1.56 (0.08,3.05) | 0 (0,0) |
| Ilam | 28.12 (27.56,28.69) | 25.42 (24.97,25.88) | 1.63 (0.22,3.03) | 2.47 (0.66,4.28) | 28.37 (23.5,33.23) | 46.74 (41.07,52.4) | 35.25 (30.01,40.49) | 38 (32.52,43.48) | 34.75 (29.88,39.62) | 12.79 (8.95,16.63) | 21.44 (17.14,25.75) | 11.6 (7.96,15.23) | 11.03 (7.81,14.25) | 0.89 (−0.33,2.11) | 2.28 (0.89,3.68) | 0.3 (−0.29,0.89) |
| Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad | 27.52 (27.05,27.98) | 25.81 (25.36,26.26) | 2.42 (0.94,3.91) | 4.58 (2.54,6.62) | 32.94 (28.99,36.88) | 43.98 (39.29,48.68) | 35.69 (31.69,39.69) | 34.58 (30.17,39) | 28.94 (25.18,32.71) | 16.86 (13.32,20.39) | 20.83 (17.43,24.22) | 12.33 (9.25,15.42) | 4.79 (3.04,6.54) | 3.54 (1.84,5.23) | 3.33 (1.93,4.73) | 0.98 (−0.11,2.08) |
| Bushehr | 27.15 (26.75,27.56) | 25.35 (24.91,25.78) | 3.82 (1.63,6) | 4.87 (2.24,7.5) | 29.88 (25.62,34.14) | 42.48 (37.27,47.69) | 40.32 (36.01,44.63) | 39.48 (34.47,44.49) | 25.98 (22.43,29.53) | 13.17 (10.02,16.32) | 18.32 (15.16,21.47) | 11.18 (8.22,14.15) | 6.67 (4.61,8.73) | 1.75 (0.59,2.9) | 1 (0.31,1.69) | 0.24 (−0.23,0.71) |
| Zanjan | 27.23 (26.67,27.78) | 26.01 (25.47,26.55) | 2.73 (0.75,4.72) | 3.87 (1.18,6.55) | 30.58 (24.98,36.17) | 36.87 (30.82,42.93) | 39.2 (33.35,45.06) | 41.61 (35.69,47.53) | 27.49 (22.81,32.17) | 17.65 (13,22.3) | 20.89 (16.43,25.35) | 13.9 (9.68,18.12) | 4.84 (2.94,6.75) | 3.74 (1.42,6.07) | 1.75 (0.59,2.92) | 0 (0,0) |
| Semnan | 27.44 (26.89,27.99) | 26 (25.49,26.51) | 5.81 (3.17,8.45) | 4.46 (2.39,6.53) | 29.53 (24.93,34.13) | 40.11 (35.28,44.95) | 34.07 (29.43,38.7) | 38.24 (33.5,42.99) | 30.6 (26.22,34.98) | 17.18 (13.5,20.86) | 20.16 (16.26,24.06) | 12.44 (9.27,15.62) | 8.4 (5.85,10.94) | 3.86 (1.95,5.78) | 2.04 (0.88,3.2) | 0.87 (−0.12,1.87) |
| Yazd | 25.21 (24.65,25.78) | 24.97 (24.11,25.83) | 11.94 (8.2,15.68) | 6.19 (3.1,9.28) | 34.96 (29.28,40.64) | 51.68 (44.73,58.62) | 35.01 (28.93,41.09) | 29.95 (23.47,36.43) | 18.09 (14.15,22.02) | 12.18 (7.3,17.06) | 13.69 (10.14,17.23) | 9.43 (5,13.87) | 3.52 (1.55,5.49) | 1.58 (−0.25,3.4) | 0.88 (−0.12,1.88) | 1.17 (−0.82,3.15) |
| Hormozgān | 26.95 (26.71,27.19) | 26.31 (26.07,26.55) | 1.97 (1.01,2.94) | 1.52 (0.71,2.32) | 37.47 (34.98,39.97) | 37.48 (34.63,40.33) | 36.88 (34.41,39.35) | 44.13 (41.24,47.01) | 23.67 (21.73,25.61) | 16.87 (14.7,19.05) | 16.3 (14.62,17.99) | 13.48 (11.49,15.47) | 5.72 (4.62,6.82) | 2.81 (1.87,3.75) | 1.65 (1.06,2.24) | 0.58 (0.15,1.01) |
| Tehran | 27.7 (27.15,28.24) | 26.36 (25.73,27) | 1.63 (−0.12,3.38) | 3.42 (0.34,6.5) | 29.02 (23.72,34.32) | 34.26 (27.55,40.97) | 39.27 (33.54,45.01) | 45.5 (38.72,52.27) | 30.08 (25.22,34.93) | 16.83 (12.13,21.52) | 21.22 (16.91,25.53) | 12.84 (8.68,17.01) | 7.53 (4.66,10.4) | 3.45 (1.08,5.81) | 1.33 (0.05,2.61) | 0.54 (−0.23,1.3) |
| Ardabil | 27.33 (26.76,27.91) | 27.08 (26.45,27.72) | 3.19 (0.91,5.47) | 2.73 (0.54,4.91) | 33.99 (28.18,39.8) | 35.59 (29.56,41.62) | 33.04 (27.38,38.7) | 38.56 (32.46,44.66) | 29.78 (24.71,34.86) | 23.12 (18.12,28.13) | 20.76 (16.14,25.38) | 15.81 (11.42,20.19) | 6.89 (4.46,9.31) | 5.52 (2.78,8.25) | 2.14 (0.44,3.84) | 1.8 (0.15,3.45) |
| Qom | 27.91 (27.34,28.49) | 25.52 (24.96,26.07) | 1.7 (0.16,3.25) | 2.44 (0.21,4.67) | 28.32 (23.1,33.54) | 45.86 (39.48,52.24) | 40.26 (34.63,45.89) | 35.79 (29.84,41.74) | 29.72 (24.96,34.47) | 15.91 (11.26,20.55) | 18.33 (14.35,22.31) | 12.88 (8.75,17.01) | 8.02 (5.02,11.01) | 3.03 (0.69,5.37) | 3.37 (1.58,5.16) | 0 (0,0) |
| Qazvin | 27.06 (26.57,27.54) | 26.13 (25.61,26.65) | 3.98 (2.13,5.84) | 4.46 (2.13,6.78) | 33.65 (29.24,38.06) | 40.94 (35.88,46.01) | 34.83 (30.36,39.29) | 33.44 (28.6,38.29) | 27.54 (23.67,31.41) | 21.16 (17.12,25.19) | 19.79 (16.33,23.25) | 16.99 (13.31,20.68) | 6.03 (3.92,8.14) | 3.18 (1.36,5) | 1.72 (0.58,2.86) | 0.98 (−0.13,2.1) |
| Golestan | 26.97 (26.45,27.49) | 25.75 (25.25,26.24) | 3.21 (1.45,4.96) | 4.42 (2.07,6.77) | 34.08 (29.54,38.62) | 42.89 (37.62,48.17) | 35.85 (31.17,40.52) | 33.52 (28.43,38.61) | 26.86 (22.78,30.95) | 19.16 (14.98,23.34) | 16.94 (13.44,20.43) | 15.64 (11.76,19.52) | 7.87 (5.33,10.42) | 2.95 (1.16,4.75) | 2.05 (0.69,3.42) | 0.57 (−0.23,1.36) |
| Khorasan, North | 25.5 (24.99,26) | 24.71 (23.98,25.44) | 6.33 (3.7,8.95) | 7.63 (4.15,11.11) | 43.11 (37.84,48.37) | 51.07 (44.55,57.6) | 31.57 (26.61,36.53) | 26.13 (20.49,31.77) | 19 (15.18,22.82) | 15.16 (10.38,19.95) | 13.58 (10.22,16.95) | 11.04 (6.82,15.26) | 4.39 (2.34,6.45) | 2.18 (0.43,3.94) | 1.02 (0.15,1.9) | 1.94 (−0.02,3.9) |
| Khorasan, South | 26.89 (26.16,27.62) | 25.83 (25.31,26.35) | 4.78 (1.51,8.05) | 0.9 (−0.47,2.27) | 37.84 (32.07,43.61) | 49.08 (42.82,55.35) | 32.54 (27.7,37.37) | 35.73 (29.72,41.74) | 24.84 (20.1,29.58) | 14.29 (10.05,18.54) | 15.82 (11.9,19.74) | 11.91 (7.96,15.86) | 5.65 (3.48,7.83) | 1.78 (0.17,3.39) | 3.37 (0.96,5.78) | 0.6 (−0.23,1.44) |
| Alborz | 27.78 (27.68,27.88) | 26 (25.91,26.09) | 3.2 (2.89,3.5) | 3.58 (3.23,3.93) | 28.76 (27.96,29.55) | 39.62 (38.66,40.58) | 36.83 (35.97,37.68) | 39.59 (38.62,40.55) | 31.22 (30.4,32.04) | 17.21 (16.47,17.95) | 21.63 (20.9,22.36) | 13.93 (13.25,14.62) | 7.2 (6.73,7.66) | 2.68 (2.36,2.99) | 2.4 (2.12,2.67) | 0.6 (0.45,0.76) |