Obesity and Age. A person is said to be overweight if his or her body mass index
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Obesity and Age. A person is said to be overweight if his or her body mass index (BMI) is between 25 and 29, inclusive; a person is said to be obese if his or her BMI is 30 or greater. From the document Utah Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Local Health District Report, issued by the Utah Department of Health, we obtained the following table. The first two columns of the table provide an age distribution for adults living in Utah. The third column gives the percentage of adults in each age group who are either obese or overweight.
Percentage Percentage obese Age (yr) of adults or overweight 18–34 42.5 41.1 35–49 28.5 57.9 50–64 16.4 68.2 65 & over 12.6 55.3
a. What percentage of Utah adults are overweight or obese?
b. Of those Utah adults who are between 35 and 49 years old, inclusive, what percentage are overweight or obese?
c. Of those Utah adults who are overweight or obese, what percentage are between 35 and 49 years old, inclusive?
d. Interpret your answers to parts (a)–
(c) in terms of percentages.
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