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Does anyone know if the thresholds for being "overweight" and "underweight" have changed over time? I mean, with so many people getting heavier and heavier has
by geomark 6y ago
Does anyone know if the thresholds for being "overweight" and "underweight" have changed over time? I mean, with so many people getting heavier and heavier has the standard crept up so that "underweight" isn't even skinny anymore?
- david_allison 6y agoTypically BMI (mass/height^2), which hasn't changed. Excluding the fact that average height has increased gradually over time.
- projektfu 6y agoI believe they have changed the cut-offs because they noticed that cardiovascular issues started to occur at lower BMI than previously thought.
- david_allison 6y agoI didn't know this. Thanks! It was lowered in July 1998 ("overweight" was reduced to 25 from men: 27 and women: 28) https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/04/us/us-to-widen-its-definition-of-who-is-fat.html https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/04/us/us-to-widen-its-defini... https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/14/a-number-that-may-not-add-up/ https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/14/a-number-that-may-...