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In minor ongoing looming disaster news, my current BMI is 27, considered "mildly overweight" by the chart which does not take muscularity or body fat percentage into consideration. However:
I have a lower BMI than 68% of males aged 45-59 in the USA.
I have a higher BMI than 70% of males aged 45-59 in the world.
35.7% of all U.S. adults are obese. Nearly 20% of children are obese. Obesity is defined as having a BMI of 30 or higher.
Think about how appalling the numbers are for a moment with the coming onslaught of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease states, and secondary complications. Get up and move faster because universal healthcare or not - it will bankrupt the economy. (data from CDC and BBC)
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