Obesity

Medical world debates risk of being pudgy

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 19th, 2004

There is little doubt among mainstream health professionals that being truly obese is a health hazard. But what about the borderline plump' The mildly pudgy' All those people with body mass indexes (BMIs) between 25 and 29, who according to the charts are overweight'

Government health agencies often lump all degrees of overweight together, noting for instance that over 60% of Americans are too heavy. But more than half of these people - roughly one-third of all Americans and 800 million people worldwide - are overweight but not obese.

Riding to the mall one Saturday, Joanne Ikeda's younger sister turned to her and asked, out of nowhere, "Do you know...

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