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minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·16 hours ago Europe does have an obesity crisis, and also nearly half of adults overweight. Hm?
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours ago10-40% (and rising) of the population being obese is indeed a crisis.
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·13 hours agoWtf are these numbers?! US is generally reported with just shy of 40% obesity rate, not 75%. And I cannot find ANY numbers for obesity on the WHO website for the US.
minus-squareBrosplosion@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up10·12 hours agoIt’s cut off, that’s American Samoa which has a very large large population
minus-squareUmmdustry@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 hours ago“overweight” is a serperate medical category to “obese”
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoOk, but just like BMI, those categories include neither muscle nor bone mass.
minus-squareUmmdustry@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoThat matters in the individual case, but not in the aggregate, unless we’ve any reason to assume americans have particularly dense BONES
Hm?
10-40% (and rising) of the population being obese is indeed a crisis.
Wtf are these numbers?! US is generally reported with just shy of 40% obesity rate, not 75%. And I cannot find ANY numbers for obesity on the WHO website for the US.
It’s cut off, that’s American Samoa which has a very large large population
“overweight” is a serperate medical category to “obese”
Ok, but just like BMI, those categories include neither muscle nor bone mass.
That matters in the individual case, but not in the aggregate, unless we’ve any reason to assume americans have particularly dense BONES