36% of Canadians Obese

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:17 am

Some food for thought, pardon the pun.

stl

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7057951.stm

Obesity 'epidemic' turns global

Obesity increases heart disease risk
People are getting fatter in all parts of the world, with the possible exception of south and east Asia, a one-day global snapshot shows.

Between half and two-thirds of men and women in 63 countries across five continents - not including the US - were overweight or obese in 2006.

The Circulation journal study included over 168,000 people evaluated by a primary care doctor.

Experts said the findings were deeply worrying.Excess body weight is pandemic Lead researcher Beverley Balkau

People who are overweight have a higher risk of heart disease, Type II diabetes and other diseases including some cancers.

The International Day for the Evaluation of Obesity (IDEA) study looked at two measures of fatness - waist circumference and a calculation called body mass index or BMI.

A BMI (weight in kg divided by square of height in meters) of 18.5 to 25 is considered healthy.

A BMI over 25 is deemed overweight and greater than 30 is obese.

Pandemic

Just 7% of people in eastern Asia were obese, compared to 36% of people seeing their doctors in Canada, 38% of women in Middle Eastern countries and 40% in South Africa.

Canada and South Africa led in the percentage of overweight people, with an average BMI of 29 among both men and women in Canada and 29 among South African women.

Graph: global obesity, men
168,000 people were evaluated by a doctor on a single day. The US was not included in the report.
A BMI over 25 is deemed overweight and greater than 30 is obese.

In Northern Europe men had an average BMI of 27 and women 26 - just into the overweight category. In southern Europe, the average BMI was 28. In Australia BMI was 28 for men and 27.5 for women while in Latin America the average BMI was just under 28.

Waist circumference was also high - 56% of men and 71% of women carried too much weight around their middle.

"The study results show that excess body weight is pandemic, with one-half to two-thirds of the overall study population being overweight or obese," said Beverley Balkau, director of research at the French National health research institute INSERM in Villejuif, who led the study.

That puts the rest of the world close to par with the US, long considered the country with the worst weight problem.

Graph: global obesity, women
168,000 people were evaluated by a doctor on a single day. The US was not included in the report.
A BMI over 25 is deemed overweight and greater than 30 is obese.

An estimated two-thirds of Americans are overweight and a third of these are obese. In the US, the lifetime risk of developing diabetes, is also high - 33% for men and 38% for women.

In the study, the overall frequency of heart disease was 16% in men and 13% in women. There was a high frequency of heart disease in Eastern European men, 27%, and women, 24%, in contrast to Canada where the frequency in women was 8%, and in men 16%.

The frequency of diabetes varied across regions. Overall, 13% of men and 11% of women were diagnosed with diabetes.

Ellen Mason of the British Heart Foundation said: "It is tragic irony that whilst much of the world is starving, many developed countries across the world are in the grips of an obesity crisis.

"Whilst it is vital not to stigmatise people in our society for being overweight, it is important we all know the health risks from being obese. The worrying increase of diabetes in the UK is clearly linked to rising obesity levels and plummeting physical activity levels. Being obese or diabetic, or worse, both, increases your chance of getting heart disease.

"Whilst the UK may not be the worst offender in this global study, we are aware that it's a major health issue in our country. After seeing the heart attack death rate reduce in the UK in the last few years, there is a real risk that this figure could go back up if diabetes and obesity continue to rise as they currently are."

# A BMI over 25 is deemed overweight and greater than 30 is obese.

Guido · Post by **Guido** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:53 pm

Here's a calculator for all you fatties: http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/

I'm overweight

28.4 BMI

hazatude · Post by **hazatude** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:56 pm

25.8 BMI but the point eight is WANG! ZZIINNGG!!

4Stroke · Post by **4Stroke** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:16 pm

26.3

Now where did I leave my Cheetos???

Methinks its time to hit the gym again

Walker · Post by **Walker** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:27 pm

HAHA!! FATTIES! 20.6 EAT THAT! no, don't literally, you'v eaten enough.

But in all seriousness, running is the best way to go IMHO, and not running at the gym, you don't need to spend money at a gym. Put on your shoes and start running, just like forest!

Go Guns · Post by **Go Guns** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:28 pm

27.3

Somebody told me the BMI thing is bs anyway.... now where's my beer...

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:29 pm

22.1

Safe...

Hey, what's that pain in my chest?

stl

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:33 pm

Chickaddd · Post by **Chickaddd** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:38 pm

18.8

suckas

Walker · Post by **Walker** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:39 pm

Cat Driver wrote:18.8

Better look out there Cat, you dont want to be developing an eating disorder

Underweight = <18.5
Normal weight = 18.5-24.9
Overweight = 25-29.9

desksgo · Post by **desksgo** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:42 am

I'll lose weight when I am dead.

I refuse to feel like a freak here.

HuD 91gt · Post by **HuD 91gt** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:29 pm

23.4

If I hit 25.1, I don't think anyone could call me overweight. I'm a twig.

twotterflyer · Post by **twotterflyer** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:18 pm

27.9 this is my winter BMI. It will go back down when TC says to use summer weights.

Dex · Post by **Dex** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:58 pm

I think this video would fit the subject matter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpDJpg2eW4o

bmc · Post by **bmc** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:15 am

27.8

And this is AFTER loosing 38 pounds.

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:15 am

Am I reading this thing correctly? To be in the middle of the normal range at 5"9", I should weigh 147 lbs? I'd have to become a crack head to get down to that weight.

MUSKEG · Post by **MUSKEG** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:29 am

At 6'3" I need to get down to 200 lbs to even make 25. Right, and just how long do you suppose I will last on a truck load of jet fuel drums. If you use that you certainly don't have a physical job. Just eating will build more muscle than that scale allows.

Hedley · Post by **Hedley** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:49 am

Oh no ... Haza and I have the EXACT SAME BMI!

What would Nostradamus make of this?!

Are we twins separated at birth? We can't be, I
have hair (on my head).

Mach1 · Post by **Mach1** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:38 pm

I think this video would fit the subject matter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpDJpg2eW4o

One week later, he died of beef poisoning... from someone else's restaurant.

Dust Devil · Post by **Dust Devil** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:13 pm

Ya for me to be 25 I'd have to be 180. My head is too freakin big to put it on a 180lbs body.

capt_yaw · Post by **capt_yaw** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:00 pm

This formula doesn't work because it doesn't account if you are totally low body fat, but actually go to the gym and have lots of muscle..

You could be totally ripped with a BMI calling you obese.

bandaid · Post by **bandaid** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:49 am

That is my problem with the BMI index, it doesn't take into account that you may actually be heavier due to your workouts. I started going to the gym about 8 years ago and my BMI at that time would have been well within normal ranges. Now that I have put on a little muscle weight my BMI reads in the overweight ranges yet I have less body fat then I did 8 years ago. Best thing to do is go to a gym and actually have them do a body fat test on you.