{"id":3757,"date":"2009-01-10T04:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-10T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=3757"},"modified":"2025-09-26T03:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T03:20:09","slug":"americans-more-of-us-are-now-obese-then-merely-overweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=3757","title":{"rendered":"Americans: More of us are now obese rather then merely overweight"},"content":{"rendered":"

I suppose this is one of the main reasons that despite our greater expenditures for healthcare, we lag some other countries when it comes to various health categories – and life expectancy.<\/p>\n

Obese Americans now outweigh the merely overweight | U.S. | Reuters<\/strong><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

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Numbers posted by the National Center for Health Statistics show that more than 34 percent of Americans are obese, compared to 32.7 percent who are overweight. It said just under 6 percent are "extremely" obese.<\/p>\n

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"More than one-third of adults, or over 72 million people, were obese in 2005-2006, the NCHS said in its report.<\/p>\n

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The figures come from the 2005-2006 survey and are the most current available.<\/p>\n

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"During the physical examination, conducted in mobile examination centers, height and weight were measured as part of a more comprehensive set of body measurements," the NCHS report said.<\/p>\n

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"Although the prevalence of obesity has more than doubled since 1980, the prevalence of overweight has remained stable over the same time period," it said.<\/p>\n

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In the 1988-1994 surveys, 33 percent of Americans were overweight, 22.9 percent were obese and 2.9 percent were morbidly obese. The numbers have edged up steadily since.<\/p>\n

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Being overweight or obese raises the risk of heart disease, diabetes, some cancers, arthritis and other conditions.<\/p>\n

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In May, the CDC reported that 32 percent of U.S. children fit the definition of being overweight, 16 percent were obese and 11 percent were extremely obese.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here's where you can go to calculate your own body mass index (BMI) and quickly find out where you fit in –<\/p>\n

 Calculate your BMI – Standard BMI Calculator<\/strong><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

FULL DISCLOSURE – I need to lose 17 pounds to get out of the overweight category. Or gain 14 pounds to "advance" to the obese category.<\/p>\n

Tim fits the definition of being overweight – his BMI is 28.3 – and is within a few pounds of being obese (BMI of 30). Not good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I suppose this is one of the main reasons that despite our greater expenditures for healthcare, we lag some other countries when it comes to various health categories – and life expectancy. Obese Americans now outweigh the merely overweight | U.S. | Reuters Numbers posted by the National Center for Health Statistics show that more than 34 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-lymphoma-and-related-medical-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5449,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3757\/revisions\/5449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}