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   The proportion of Americans who are severely obese -- those   
   people 100 pounds or more overweight -- continues to increase   
   rapidly and much faster than those with moderate obesity, but   
   the rate of growth has slowed, according to a new RAND   
   Corporation study.   
      
   The RAND study found that from 2000 to 2010, the proportion of   
   Americans who were severely obese rose from 3.9 percent of the   
   population to 6.6 percent -- an increase of about 70 percent.   
      
   The findings mean that more than 15 million adult Americans are   
   morbidly obese with a body mass index of 40 or more. The good   
   news is that beginning in 2005, the near-exponential growth of   
   the severely obese group began to flatten out.   
      
   "The proportion of people at the high end of the weight scale   
   continues to increase faster than any other group of obese   
   people, despite increased public attention on the risks of   
   obesity," said Roland Sturm, lead author of the report and a   
   senior economist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.   
   "But for the first time in the past 20 years there is evidence   
   the trend is slowing."   
      
   The study suggests that clinically severe obesity, instead of   
   being a rare pathological condition among genetically vulnerable   
   individuals, is an integral part of the population's weight   
   distribution. As the whole population becomes heavier, the   
   extreme category -- the severely obese -- increases the fastest.   
      
   The findings were published online by the International Journal   
   of Obesity.   
      
   The trend of severe obesity varies by gender and ethnicity,   
   although the trend remained upward among all groups. The   
   prevalence of severe obesity was about 50 percent higher among   
   women than among men, and about twice as high among blacks when   
   compared to Hispanics or whites. For all levels of obesity, the   
   increases over time were faster among age groups younger than 40.   
      
   To be classified as severely obese, a person must have a body   
   mass index (a ratio of weight to height) of 40 or higher --   
   roughly 100 pounds or more overweight for an average adult man.   
   The typical severely obese man weighs 300 pounds at a height of   
   5 feet 10 inches tall, while the typical severely obese woman   
   weighs 250 pounds at a height of 5 feet 4 inches.   
      
   People with a BMI of 25 to 29 are considered overweight, while a   
   BMI of 30 or more classifies a person as being obese. For a 5-   
   foot-10 inch male, a BMI of 30 translates into being 35 pounds   
   too heavy.   
      
   The body mass index allows researchers to define obesity and   
   severe obesity over a population of people with varied heights   
   and weights. The index is defined as weight in kilograms divided   
   by the square of height in meters. The standard cut-off point   
   for obesity is a body mass index of 30 or more, corresponding to   
   a person 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing 174 pounds, or 5 feet   
   10 inches tall and weighing 209 pounds or more.   
      
   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121001132146.htm   
      
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