TY - JOUR
T1 - How much energy is locked in the USA? Alternative metrics for characterising the magnitude of overweight and obesity derived from BRFSS 2010 data
AU - Reidpath, Daniel
AU - Masood, Mohd
AU - Allotey, Pascale
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Objectives: Four metrics to characterise population overweight are described. Methods: Behavioural Risk Factors Surveillance System data were used to estimate the weight the US population needed to lose to achieve a BMI <25. The metrics for population level overweight were total weight, total volume, total energy, and energy value. Results: About 144 million people in the US need to lose 2.4 million metric tonnes. The volume of fat is 2.6 billion litres - 1,038 Olympic size swimming pools. The energy in the fat would power 90,000 households for a year and is worth around 162 million dollars. Conclusions: Four confronting ways of talking about a national overweight and obesity are described. The value of the metrics remains to be tested.
AB - Objectives: Four metrics to characterise population overweight are described. Methods: Behavioural Risk Factors Surveillance System data were used to estimate the weight the US population needed to lose to achieve a BMI <25. The metrics for population level overweight were total weight, total volume, total energy, and energy value. Results: About 144 million people in the US need to lose 2.4 million metric tonnes. The volume of fat is 2.6 billion litres - 1,038 Olympic size swimming pools. The energy in the fat would power 90,000 households for a year and is worth around 162 million dollars. Conclusions: Four confronting ways of talking about a national overweight and obesity are described. The value of the metrics remains to be tested.
UR - http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00038-013-0510-1
U2 - 10.1007/s00038-013-0510-1
DO - 10.1007/s00038-013-0510-1
M3 - Article
VL - 59
SP - 503
EP - 507
JO - International Journal of Public Health
JF - International Journal of Public Health
SN - 1661-8556
IS - 3
ER -