What qualifies a person as “overweight?
” Tricky question. Mostly (with rare exceptions), Americans are pretty good at qualifying themselves as overweight. If they have a problem with this, I am pretty good at putting the point across when needed. When the CDC published this finding, it used a BMI calculator, which is basically a height/weight chart to make this determination. The BMI classifies any adult between 25 and 29.9 on its scale as “overweight.” Any adult over 30 is considered obese. The thing is, there are very few accurate ways of measuring human girth. Most methods we are aware of (ht/wt charts, BMI, scales, circumference measurements, and even bodyfat percentage) are often flawed in one way or another and are hard to rely on for accurate, consistent information that tells the whole story of a person’s health. As I said earlier, Americans are pretty good at qualifying themselves as overweight and unhealthy. Most folks you know, realize that if they have quite a bit more girth then have had previously and have don
