• Hypertension
• Glucose intolerance that contributes to insulin resis¬tance and an increased risk of diabetes and cardio¬vascular disease (see the chapter Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease)
B. Metropolitan Height and Weight Tables
The Metropolitan height and weight tables are given in Tables 1 and 2. These tables are still relevant. If you are slightly overweight, you would be happy to learn that the earlier Metropolitan Life tables of ideal or average weights were derived from insurance applicants age 20–30 and do not represent the average weights of individuals age 40–60. If your weight is 10% more than that indicated in Tables 1 or 2, you can consider yourself slightly overweight, but there appears to be no health hazard unless you have other risk factors. The average weight of North Americans age 30–50 is about 10–15% above those indicated in Tables 1 and 2. Many North Americans age 35–70 are overweight, even by the conservative definition given above. If you are in this group and have other risk factors, you need to reduce your weight.

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