Re:More Women Than Men Are Obese in America, and Gap Is Wide...
by wongarsu on Sunday July 17, 2016 @08:32AM
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>> Across all adult age groups, about 38 percent of women are obese, while 34 percent of men were obese.
>4% seems like a pretty small gap.
It's just 4 percentage points, but a different way to phrase it is that women are 10% more likely to be obese than men. That's not a gigantic gap, but it's still quite significant.
>4% seems like a pretty small gap.
It's just 4 percentage points, but a different way to phrase it is that women are 10% more likely to be obese than men. That's not a gigantic gap, but it's still quite significant.