Editing Body mass index (section)

==Consequences of elevated level in adults==
The BMI ranges are based on the relationship between body weight and disease and death.<ref name="WHO: Physical status"/> Overweight and obese individuals are at an increased risk for the following diseases:<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Executive Summary |chapter-url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2008/ |pages=xi–xxx |no-pp=y |date=September 1998 |title=Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: The Evidence Report |url=http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_gdlns.htm |publisher=[[National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103083355/http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_gdlns.htm |archive-date=2013-01-03 }}</ref>
* [[Coronary artery disease]]
* [[Dyslipidemia]]
* [[Diabetes mellitus type 2|Type 2 diabetes]]
* [[Gallbladder disease]]
* [[Hypertension]]
* [[Osteoarthritis]]
* [[Sleep apnea]]
* [[Stroke]]
* [[Infertility]]
* At least 10 cancers, including [[Endometrial cancer|endometrial]], [[Breast cancer|breast]], and [[colon cancer]]<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Bhaskaran K, Douglas I, Forbes H, dos-Santos-Silva I, Leon DA, Smeeth L | title = Body-mass index and risk of 22 specific cancers: a population-based cohort study of 5·24 million UK adults | journal = Lancet | volume = 384 | issue = 9945 | pages = 755–765 | date = August 2014 | pmid = 25129328 | pmc = 4151483 | doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60892-8 | url = }}</ref>
* Epidural [[lipomatosis]]<ref>{{cite journal|title=Multiple epidural steroid injections and body mass index linked with occurrence of epidural lipomatosis: a case series| doi=10.1186/1471-2253-14-70|pmid = 25183952| pmc=4145583|volume=14| pages=70|year=2014|journal=BMC Anesthesiology| vauthors= Jaimes R, Rocco AG | doi-access=free}}</ref>

Among people who have never smoked, overweight/obesity is associated with 51% increase in mortality compared with people who have always been a normal weight.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Stokes A, Preston SH | title = Smoking and reverse causation create an obesity paradox in cardiovascular disease | journal = Obesity | volume = 23 | issue = 12 | pages = 2485–2490 | date = December 2015 | pmid = 26421898 | pmc = 4701612 | doi = 10.1002/oby.21239 }}</ref>