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    BMI of 40 or more increased by 50% in the past 5 years; BMI of 50 or more increased by 75%


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    Tuesday, April 03, 2007 3:48 am Email this article
     
    The prevelance of severe obesity, that is having a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or more which is roughly being 100 pounds overweight, and that of morbid obesity, that is having a BMI of 50 or more which is roughly being 175 pounds or more overweight, has increased faster than that of any other weight group according to a new study from the RAND corporation. BMI of 40 more

    Prevelance of BMI of 40 more

    The prevelance of a BMI of 40 or more has increased by 50 percent in the past 5 years, from 2000 to 2005, increasing from 2.2 percent of U.S. adults to 3.1 percent.

     

    BMI of 50 more

    Prevelance of BMI of 50 more

    The prevelance of a BMI of 50 or more has increased by 75 percent from 2000 to 2005, increasing from 0.27 percent of U.S. adults to 0.42 percent.

     

    BMI of 30 more

    Prevelance of BMI of 30 more

    This compares to an increase of 24 percent for obesity overall, that is having a BMI of 30 or more, which has increased from 20.7 percent in 2000 to 24.6 percent in 2005.

    Year
    Prevalence of
    various levels of Obesity
    (%)
     

    BMI
    >30
    BMI
    >35
    BMI
    >40
    BMI
    >45
    BMI
    >50
    2001
    20.7
    6.54
    2.20
    0.75
    0.27
    2002
    21.6
    6.98
    2.39
    0.83
    0.30
    2003
    22.6
    7.45
    2.60
    0.92
    0.34
    2004
    23.6
    7.95
    2.83
    1.02
    0.38
    2005
    24.6
    8.48
    3.07
    1.13
    0.42

     

    Year
    Increase in the prevalence
    compared to 2000 (%)
     

    BMI
    >30
    BMI
    >35
    BMI
    >40
    BMI
    >45
    BMI
    >50
    2001
    4.6
    6.9
    8.9
    10.6
    12.5
    2002
    9.2
    14.1
    18.3
    22.2
    25.0
    2003
    14.0
    21.7
    28.7
    35.5
    41.7
    2004
    19.0
    29.9
    40.1
    50.2
    58.3
    2005
    24.0
    38.6
    52.0
    66.4
    75.0


    REFERENCE


    Sturm R. Increases in morbid obesity in the USA: 2000-2005. Public Health. 2007 Mar 29.

    AUTHOR’S CONTACT INFORMATION

    R. Strum
    RAND
    1776 Main Street
    Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA
    .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
    (310) 393-0411 x6164 phone
    (310) 260 8159 fax

     

     

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