Are We Fatter Than We Think?

The number of people in the U.S. who are overweight and obese are about 70% according to the numbers reported by the Center for Disease Control. I hate to be the one to tell you, but that’s probably an underestimate. It’s probably closer to 75%. I can’t be more precise because of the way obesity is measured in large studies.

The Body Mass Index (BMI) is used to measure large groups of people. All you need is two measures: height and weight. Those are the basis for the statistics on overweight and obesity. From now on . . .

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