PM_ME_A_PLANE_TICKET t1_j299x01 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 4:03 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Eli5: average North American woman is 170 lbs, average height is 5’4”, yet overweight for that height is considered anything above 145 lbs? by [deleted]

piggy backing on this comment, side note, OP: when determining whether someone is overweight, we do not curve the results. If 75% of a population is overweight, that's how it is, we don't adjust our definition of overweight to fit people's inability to be fit.