An emerging problem, obesity among women between 15 and 49 years old, was quantified and found that in 1995 the percentage of overweight women (BMI between 25.0 and 29.9 kg/m2) was 31%, and the percentage of obese women (BMI above 30 kg/m2) was 9%. In 2000, the percentage of women with BMI above 25 reached 41%.