Do You Know You Are Fat?
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Dr. Kimberly P. Truesdale of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill conducted research showing that obese people often don’t perceive themselves as such.
Ninety percent of normal weight people and 85 percent of overweight and obese individuals reported heights and weights that resulted in a BMI in the same category as their actual BMI.
But while 71 percent of normal weight people and 73 percent of overweight people identified their weight category correctly, just 15 percent of obese adults did.
Nearly three quarters of the obese subjects classified themselves as overweight, while 12 percent said their weight was normal for their height.
Most obese people don’t see themselves that way