Re: New U.S. Report on the Nation’s Health 2010 Released

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Is this the change?

" More Than 55% of All Adults Considered Overweight or Obese Using National

Institutes of Health Obesity Guidelines -- Same Guidelines Used by Medical

Weight Loss Clinics for 2 Years. " PR Newswire. PR Newswire Association LLC.

1998. HighBeam Research. 17 Feb. 2011 <http://www.highbeam.com>. - 1998 change

to BMI of 30 which really doesn't seem like what most people would call 'obese'.

" The expert panel that developed the guidelines defined overweight as a BMI of

25 to 29.9 and obesity as a BMI of 30 or more. BMI describes body weight

relative to height and is strongly correlated with total body fat content in

adults. Using the guidelines, a BMI of 30 is about 30 pounds overweight and

is equivalent to a 6-foot-tall person weighing 221 pounds or a 5-foot-6-inch

person weighing 186 pounds. "

R Vajda, R.D.

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To: rd-usa

Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 10:11:24 AM

Subject: Re: New U.S. Report on the Nation’s Health 2010 Released

Here we go let's put our heads together and try to remember WHAT year was it

when the government changed the criteria for obesity. I remember it making the

paper about how many people became obese over night. I just can't remember the

year and has the criteria change since then with out as much fanfare!

Jackie Chase RD

Dillingham AK

> *In 2007-2008 about 1/3 of adults were OBESE and 2/3 overweight and OBESE

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> *1988-1994 19% of men were OBESE but in 2007-2008 32% of men were OBESE

> *1988-1994 25% of women were OBESE but in 2007-2008 35% of women were OBESE

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