How Does the Average American Diet Stack Up?

Question 1

Overweight

Answer 1

Carrying extra weigh on you body in relation to your height. Clinically defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 25 to 29.9

Question 2

Obesity

Answer 2

Carrying an excessive amount of body fat above the level of being overweight. Clinically defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher.

Question 3

Healthy People 2020

Answer 3

A set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives for Americans to meet during the second decade of the twenty-first century.