Number of Morbidly Obese Growing Rapidly w/analysis by me

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In this article I see a large number of statistically dodgey points.

To begin with, the subtitle

Study finds 3 percent of Americans are 100 pounds or more overweight

Even assuming that criteria other than height were used, and the overweight portion is soley fat, 100 pounds does not mean the same to every person. Somebody 4'10" with 100 extra pounds of weight is going to be good deal fatter than somebody 6'3" with five-score surplus pounds of pudge.


Non-scientific comment:

“The proportion of people at the high end of the weight scale continues to increase at a brisk rate despite increased public attention on the risks of obesity

Amazing. Dramatic tones of voice and stock footage of a really fat butt in red shorts on a bicycle have failed to decrease america's weight to height ratios.

The researchers found that based on self-reported height and weight, which tends to underestimate the weight part, 3 percent of Americans are already severely obese — defined as having a body mass index of 40 or higher.

Because the data is based on the solely height-to-weight BMI calc, ignoring bone mass and muscle tissue, most of the findings of this study will be medically useless.

The researchers, whose report will be published later this year in the journal Public Health, found that the proportion of Americans with a BMI of 30 or more increased by 24 percent between 2000 and 2005.

This information is not useful until the methods are clarified. Is this increase taken from a progression, with the information measured at regular intervals, or does this represent a mere snapshot taken at an arbitrary time in 2000 and one in 2005? Given the possibility of weight fluctuations, this could make the findings irellevant.

Overweight people have higher risks of heart disease, diabetes and some cancer, and obesity makes the risks much more imminent.

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