NCLEX RN Practice Questions, Quiz No 415 with Rationale

A patient admits in a hospital for routine checkup, when the nurse calculates a BMI body mass index of 18 for this patient, who is a young adult woman, comes to the physician's office for a college physical. with this reading of BMI this patient is considered as :

1) Obese
2) Overweight
3) Average
4) Underweight

Correct Answer:

4) Underweight
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Answer's Rationale:
For adults, BMI should range between 20 and 25;
BMI less than 20 is considered underweight;
BMI 25 to 29.9 is overweight;
BMI greater than 30 is considered obese.