RT Book, Section
A1 Gostic, Cheri L.
A1 Blatt, Dawn M.
A2 DeTurk, William E.
A2 Cahalin, Lawrence P.
SR Print(0)
ID 6880858
T1 Chapter 16. Physical Therapy Associated with Obesity
T2 Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy: An Evidence-Based Approach, 2e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-159814-9
LK accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6880858
RD 2024/04/24
AB Obesity  has  grown  into  a  major  public  health  issue  over  the  past  several  decades.  Since  1980,  the  incidence  of  overweight  adolescents  and  children  has  tripled,  while  the  prevalence  of  obesity  in  adults  has  doubled  in  the  United  States.1  The  most  recent  data  from  the  National  Health  and  Nutrition  Examination  Survey  (NHANES)  from  2003  to  2004  reveal  that  66%  of  adults  in  the  United  States  are  overweight  with  32%  of  these  individuals  meeting  the  criteria  for  obesity.2  Body  mass  index  (BMI),  defined  as  body  weight  (in  kg)  divided  by  height  squared  (in  [meters]2),  has  become  the  most  commonly  used  indicator  of  overweight  and  obesity.  Overweight  is  defined  by  a  BMI  between  25  and  29.9  kg/m2.  Adults  with  a  BMI  ≥30  kg/m2  are  classified  as  obese,  and  those  with  a  BMI  ≥40  kg/m2  as  morbidly  obese  (class  III).  Table  16-1  provides  a  chart  that  can  be  used  to  determine  an  adult's  BMI  and  weight  classification  based  on  height  and  body  weight.  Children  are  at  risk  of  being  overweight  if  their  BMI  falls  between  the  85th  to  95th  percentile  for  their  age  and  sex  on  standard  growth  charts,  and  considered  obese  at  or  above  the  95th  percentile.