[quote name='juicedup1']Recent results of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999 indicate that an estimated 61 percent of U.S. adults are either overweight or obese, defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or more.
Among U.S. adults aged 20-74 years, the prevalence of overweight (defined as BMI 25.0–29.9) has increased an estimated 2 percent since 1980, increasing from 33 percent to the 35 percent of the population in 1999 (based on NHANES II and NHANES 1999 data).
In the same population, obesity (defined as BMI greater than or equal to 30.0) has nearly doubled from approximately 15 percent in 1980 to an estimated 27 percent in 1999.
Overweight
Overweight refers to increased body weight in relation to height, when compared to some standard of acceptable or desirable weight (NRC p.114; Stunkard p.14). NOTE: Overweight may or may not be due to increases in body fat. It may also be due to an increase in lean muscle. For example, professional athletes may be very lean and muscular, with very little body fat, yet they may weigh more than others of the same height. While they may qualify as "overweight" due to their large muscle mass, they are not necessarily "over fat," regardless of BMI.
61 percent that is a joke! I look down on fat people,there is know way you need to let yourself get that way. Instead of exercising and tring to lose weight, Americans take the easy way out and get there tummy stapled![/quote]
And lo, the proletariat shall rise up and overthrow the bourgeoisie.
Eventually, people will just come to terms with body image.. they will have to, with 61 percent being overweight. There were times in history that obesiety was a sign of prestige, and I wouldn't doubt that an eventual paradigm shift will have to occur.
I laugh at these children who whine about how they hate fat people... just wait until thier metabolisms drop off, and there gains in weight aren't hidden by growth. They will become what they hate... and even worse, they'll likely be self loathing overwieght people.