Paul Saladino· MD
you can see that in 2017 42.4 percent of U.S adults were obese if you add overweight to obesity these are different metrics based on BMI this number goes around 70 percent
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
you can see that in 2017 42.4 percent of U.S adults were obese if you add overweight to obesity these are different metrics based on BMI this number goes around 70 percent
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If 70% of Americans are obese and overweight and those are two different categories of BMI body mass index I would argue that almost everyone if not every single person