HSS 1101 Chapter 6: HSS1101 Chapter 6: Managing Your Weight: Finding a Healthy Balance
5 Oct 2015
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60. 1% of men and 44. 2% of women 18+ are considered overweight or obese and at health risk. In self-reports, men typically overestimate height; women underestimate their weight: these stats are probably underestimating since they come from self-reports, ages 35-64, there are more obese men than obese women. Solution to obesity/overweight is not as simple as eat healthy, move more . Person can be overweight but not obese: ex: football player may be overweight according height-weight chart and bmi because of high level of lean body or muscle mass even though he has low level of body fat. Person can be obese but not overweight: ex: 160cm woman who weighs 54kg has a bmi of 21 (weight appropriate), but she is soft and squishy . Although she has weight appropriate bmi, she can have 30%+ of her weight from body fat: weight by itself or in combination with height is not valid indicator of obesity or fatness.
