[MEGoody]

"a six-foot tall adult 20 years or older with a weight of 140 to 180 lbs. would be considered healthy, 190 to 210 lbs. overweight and 200 lbs. or more obese."

Come on! A 6 foot tall man who weighs 200 lbs is obese? Give me a break! No wonder the 'obesity' numbers are up - they keep sliding the scale downward.

[Gumlegs]

The trick is using the BMI -- the Body Mass Index. It does not distinguish between fat and muscle. This is so utterly brain-dead, that I'm forced to conclude they did it on purpose so that they could make the "fat American crisis" sound worse than it is. And, of course we all know that the only way out of a crisis is to have Congress throw money and regulations at it.