Think you might be a bit too fat? How about w
ay too fat? Don’t wait for your doctor to tell you. A recent study by researchers at the University of Rochester found that less than half of all adults with BMIs in obese territory were told by their doctors that they were too fat. A U of Rochester news release reports that researchers at the school looked at records from 885,291,770 medical visits for adults and children from 2006 to 2010. Of the visits where a BMI measurement suggested obesity, that diagnosis was made in only 23.4 percent of children ages 5 to 12 years, and 39.7 percent of adolescents (ages 13 to 21 years). Rates of diagnosis were highest for young adults (ages 22 to 34) at 45.4 percent, and adults ages 35 to 64 at 43.9 percent. Adults age 65 and older were diagnosed as obese 39.6 percent of the time. The researchers also found that obesity was more likely to be identified in women and in people who live in areas with a higher percentage of college-educated adults.
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