Experts Address Controversial New Report On Obesity: Even A Little Overweight Presents Hazards

Experts Weigh In On the Dangers Of Extra Pounds by Nanci Hellmich.  USA Today.  January 4, 2013.

The director of the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention and the chair of the nutrition department at the Harvard School of Public Health address a report this week from the National Center for Health Statistics.  They address the limitations of the statistical analysis of the report including the limitations of using BMI as means to understand death rates.  The CDC director points out that waist circumference and skin-fold thickness may be more accurate for some types of analysis.  The Harvard representative points to numerous methodological and sampling issues with the study calling it "rubbish."