Severe/morbid obesity is a BMI of 40+, rather than 30 for obese. I’ve been at the low end of that briefly and started getting out of breath doing things like going to my car, so I immediately decided to drop weight. Bar things like severe depression or significant medical issues, I don’t see how people are able to maintain that kind of weight when it has such an obvious direct impact on quality of life.
Curious if the survey also included children, where the rates tend to be lower.
Young children were like half the rate of adults and adolescents. Even if you averaged the 6-11 in with them, they’d still be below adults and adolescents.
Severe/morbid obesity is a BMI of 40+, rather than 30 for obese. I’ve been at the low end of that briefly and started getting out of breath doing things like going to my car, so I immediately decided to drop weight. Bar things like severe depression or significant medical issues, I don’t see how people are able to maintain that kind of weight when it has such an obvious direct impact on quality of life.
Curious if the survey also included children, where the rates tend to be lower.
Child obesity has been higher than the national average for the last 30 years.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/obesity-child-17-18/obesity-child.htm
Young children were like half the rate of adults and adolescents. Even if you averaged the 6-11 in with them, they’d still be below adults and adolescents.
It’s my understanding that the US considers children to be people under 18 years of age.