Originally Posted by
radroad
As far as I can tell, there are only two adult demographics in the U.S. in which the majority are of normal weight: college students 18 to 25, and military. This is discounting professional athletes of course.
I'm in the Navy. You are technically over weight if your BMI is 27.5 or higher. I think BMI, in general, is 25.0 or higher to be considered overweight but the Navy uses 27.5. At my command, most of us are over the maximum weight and have to be taped It's only a little over half, but that's still sad. Everyone at my command has an office job, so that certainly doesn't help.
The military is definitely less fat than the populace at large. I think the overall obesity rate for the US is about 40% and it's 17% for the military.