So now, with the new guidance on what constitutes obesity in children, the CDC is providing TWO metrics based on the average population … i.e., instead of trying to discern what’s healthy, they’re doubling down on defining what’s average.
In an increasingly unhealthy population of children (based on what we’re feeding them), to be average is to be unhealthy. Sheesh…
I read the article. BMI certainly has its flaws but the problem here is definitional one. Now the definition of overweight is simply the heaviest (BMI based) 15%. One third of those people are obese. Overweight and obese are now definitions based on the sample population like “really tall” and “tall” might be.
sigh
Exactly. If I were in better-than-average health in a prisoner-of-war camp, I’m not sure I’d take much solace. This isn’t scientific health medicine… it’s more like a popularity quiz.