Thursday, April 26, 2012
ADULT WEIGHT FACTS
There are 400,000 obesity related deaths annually in the United States.
65 percent of adults are overweight, body mass index (BMI), 25.
31 percent of adults are obese, BMI, 30.
16 percent of adolescents are overweight
9 percent, or 15.6 million people, are morbidly obese, BMI, 35.
Sources: Humility of Mary Health Partners dieticians Lauren Manusakis and Cindy Heslop.