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Nancy Young[_8_] Nancy Young[_8_] is offline
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Default OT?: Obesity epidemic

On 6/8/2016 8:49 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
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> I think also that the guidelines are more Hollywood than healthy. The last time
> they were revised, someone 10 pounds over their "chart" weight would be
> obese. It's ridiculous.


I looked up the definition of obese by CDC standards. They
talk about BMI, which is one dumb way of determining one's
fitness level.

I'm still wondering where they are getting the numbers. From
doctor records? Because don't obese people land there more often,
that would skew the results.

nancy