Pinch an Inch

Have you ever hugged someone who looks to be normal weight but seems soft? You can tell that there isn’t much muscle under their clothes. These are the people who make up that additional 5% in the obesity statistics. They fall through the cracks in the BMI scale because their BMI is normal. There’s one more thing—in general, they’re 50 years and older. The largest group in that class is the baby boomers.

How can you have a normal BMI and be obese? The CT scan slices of human thighs give you an idea (no, those . . .

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