"Pre-Obese"

Got my BMI checked at the gym last night. Things did not go well. I wanted to explore the BMI, the "fat crisis," and see who stands to benefit from the latest public health trend. Wait for it.....lawyers!


"Until a few years ago, government agencies generally agreed that concern about weight begins when a man's BMI hits 28 and a woman's 27. That's 152 pounds for a 5-foot-3 female. But in 1997, the World Health Organization adopted a new standard. BMIs between 25 and 29.9 were now "preobese."
The next year, an expert committee of the U.S. National Institutes of Health came to the same conclusion and called the new category "overweight." Suddenly an extra 35 million Americans were judged to have weight problems."


Another good link:

www.consumerfreedom.com