Evaluate Ms. Watson's %UBW and BMI

What will be an ideal response?


• %UBW = 163 lbs / 175 lbs x 100% = 93%
• BMI = 28.0
• Ms. Watson is considered overweight and is probably moderately malnourished due to her loss of 7% of her bodyweight (though, without a time frame in which this weight was lost, one cannot adequately determine if this is considered malnutrition)

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