Healthy People 2010 Goal Used in Modeling

19-1.  Increase the proportion of adults who are at a healthy weight.

• Target: 60 percent.
• Baseline: 42 percent of adults aged 20 years and older were at a healthy weight (defined as a body mass index [BMI] equal to or greater than 18.5 and less than 25) in 1988–94 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
• Target setting method: Better than the best.
• Data source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS.
• Reference: Healthy People 2010 Operational Definition