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What definition of obese is used here? 42% sounds like a lot.
by throwaway4good 6y ago
What definition of obese is used here? 42% sounds like a lot.
- cj 6y agoDirect link to the report referenced in the press release: https://www.tfah.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/TFAHObesityReport_20.pdf https://www.tfah.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/TFAHObesityR... Page 8 defines "Overweight" as BMI 25+ and "Obesity" as 30+.
- awat 6y agoLikely BMI of 30+
- save_ferris 6y agoCDC defines obesity as having a Body Mass Index above 30[0]. Per their example, a 5'9 person weighing 203 lbs or more would be considered obese. 0: https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/adult/defining.html https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/adult/defining.html
- throwaway4good 6y agoFor the rest of us: If you are 1.70 m and have a BMI of above 30, your weight is more than 86.7 kg. For obese people who are 1.80 m, your weight is more than 97.2 kg. 42% is an absolutely insane number of obese people - what on earth is going on?
- elindbe2 6y agoAnd before anyone complains about BMI, it's useful as a population-level measurement: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5896802/#:~:text=The%20analysis%20has%20indicated%20that,known%20confounders%20were%20controlled%20for https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5896802/#:~:tex....
- Spivak 6y agoYeah, it's not a particularly good statistic about an individual person's body except as a suuuuuper rough guideline but if everyone's BMI goes up something's happening.
- parliament32 6y agoSource: https://www.tfah.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019ObesityReportFINAL-1.pdf https://www.tfah.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019ObesityR... They're classifying obesity as having a BMI >= 30.
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