Obesity in America 美國九州超過30%成人肥胖

How much do you weight, really.

According to a new report released on Tuesday, American adult obesity rate is nearly 27% and rising. However experts believe the figure is probably an underestimate, because it’s based on what people say, and people tend to say they weigh less than they actually do, plus say they are taller than they are.

On the other hand, a more scientific survey has already said the obesity rate is 34% and holding steady. Under the obesity formula, a 5’4” woman is obese if she weighs 174lbs or more, a 5’10” man fits that description if he weighs at least 209 lbs. 27% of the surveyed adults said they were obese in 2009, up from about 25.5% in 2007.

None of the states met a national goal for 2010 of limiting obesity to 15%, only Colorado and Washington D.C. were lower than 20%. Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Mississippi with at least 30% of the adults were obese in 2009. 2 years ago, only Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee topped 30%. full story

美國九州超過30%成人肥胖

研究顯示，對於個人體重，人們傾向「報小數」，至於身高則會「報大數」。然而，這也阻止不了美國肥胖人口繼續增長的趨勢。根據最新報告，在2009年阿拉巴馬、阿肯色、路易斯安那、肯塔基、田納西、密蘇里、俄克拉荷馬、西維珍尼亞及密西西比州的成年人口當中，有超過30%為肥胖者，這比2007年只有阿拉巴馬、密西西比及田納西三州入榜，有了顯著的增長。而全美50州當中，竟然沒有一般達到2010年的全國目標，也就是把成年肥胖人口控制在15%以下。

按照標準，一個身高5呎4吋的女性如果體重超過174磅，就屬於肥胖；一個5呎10吋高的男性如果體重達209磅，就被例入肥胖行列。