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The_Prince
wow! 75% will be overweight! i dont think thats actually possible, what counts as over weight.
saudia arabia is having same problems also.
Just being a pound (2.2 lbs or pounds is equal to 1 Kilogram) over what is considered average (which is considered skinny or slighly puny to about 80% of people worldwide) is considered overweight.
Being muscular is considered overweight. The Great Khali who is obviously not fat can be considered overweight.
Now since we have taken care of that issue, let me address some weight labels to better understand these overweight issues. This if of course disacknowledging muscle tissue, which should be counted seperately.
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"Documented area of Anorexic"
Anorexic = More than 50 pounds underweight
Puny = 50.0 to 20.1 pounds underweight
"Documented area of Average, not true to public opinion"
"Documented Area of Obesity" = 1 pound over documented Average
Skinny = 20.0 to 10.1 pounds underweight
Under Average = -10.0 to 1.0 pound underweight
Truly Average = -0.9 to 0.9 of a pound overweight
Over Average = 1.0 to 10.0 pounds overweight
Chubby = 10.1 to 20.0 pounds overweight
Stout = 20.1 to 50.0 pounds overweight
Fat = 50.1 to 99.9 pounds overweight
Truly Obese = 100.0 and above pounds overweight
Weight is really more like a three dimensional issue. First dimension is about how many pounds of fat one has over or below actual average. The second dimension is about how many pounds of muscle one has over or below actual average. The final dimension should be about their body structure, shape, and size, which has the largest overall part in determining where one's average may be best located.
FYI, obese is an adjective commonly used to describe someone that looks porportional to a whale. Therefore, it is a very sensitive word that should be used in its actual context. Also, most Americans fit the Average to Fat area (about sixty percent). The remainder is highly concentrated in the Average to Skinny area with some fitting in the extremes. What is truly a problem for America are these false medical accusations based entirely off of profit and fraud.