A record number of Americans are obese

A record number of Americans are obese
By：Arnel

The number of American adults who are obese, higher than the number of Americans who are overweight, official figures showed.

Figures published by the National center of health statistics show that 34 percent of Americans are obese, while 32.7 percent are overweight. Approximately six percent of the population are of the utmost degree of obesity, transmits Reuters.

“More than a third of the adult population, or more than 72 million in 2005-2006, obesity,” says the report center.

The regular study of 4,356 Americans took part over 20 years. The study was conducted in 2005-2006 and is the latest in this field.

“Indicators of weight and height were removed during the examination of population in the mobile clinics,” says the report.

“Although the number of Americans suffering from obesity has doubled since 1980, the number of people with excess weight remained the same.”

Extra weight and obesity, diagnosed according to the formula of body mass index. The value of BMI equals weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. Figures ranging from 25 to 29 talk about more than weight, from 30 to 40 items on obesity, higher than 40 points - extreme obesity.

Thus, when the growth of 165 centimeters, excess weight will be diagnosed if the tongue to show more than 68 kilograms, and obesity - at 82 kilograms.

The study years 1988-1994, 33 percent of Americans were overweight, 22.9 percent are obese, while 2.9 percent were extreme forms of obesity. Since then, the numbers steadily grew.

Extra weight increases the risk of diseases of cardiovascular system, some types of cancer, arthritis and other diseases.

Previous research has shown that 32 percent of American children are overweight, 16 percent are obese, while 11 percent had severe forms of obesity.