[Ignatz]

Let us not forget that the Fed changed the definition of "overweight" several years ago. Kate Moss on a crack binge could now be labeled "mildly obese".
Let's call it "Fat by Fiat".

Btw, not to hijack the thread, but they do the same thing with the "poverty" level. The income bar keeps going up. Now what's that about a shrinking middle class again?

[Eric Blair 2084]

Good point. If you torture the data enough, it will tell you whatever you want to hear.

[The Ghost of Rudy McRomney]

Let us not forget that the Fed changed the definition of “overweight” several years ago.

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I believe that was when the clintons were still in office. Figures.