In 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health reported that _____ of African American women ages 20 and older could be considered fat by medical standards.

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Body mass index (BMI) thresholds are the medical standard used to classify weight status: BMI 25.0–29.9 is “overweight” and BMI ≥30.0 is “obese.” The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health (OMH) aggregates population BMI data and reports prevalence as a percentage of the population meeting those BMI cutoffs.

OMH’s 2012 reporting combined the overweight and obese categories to indicate the share of African American women age 20 and older whose BMI places them at or above the overweight threshold. Interpreting the reported percentage is straightforward: if 80% of African American women are classified as overweight or obese, then out of any group of 100 such women, 80 have BMI ≥25.0 and 20 have BMI <25.0.

Step-by-step reasoning:
1. Recognize that “could be considered fat by medical standards” refers to BMI-based classifications (overweight or obese).
2. Consult the OMH 2012 statistic for African American women age 20+: the combined overweight/obese prevalence is 80%.
3. Translate the percentage to counts for clarity: 0.80 × 100 women = 80 women meeting the overweight/obese criteria; 0.20 × 100 = 20 women not meeting it.

Why this answer is correct: the OMH explicitly reported that approximately four out of five African American women aged 20 and older fall into the overweight or obese categories, which is expressed as 80%. Other possible percentages (for example, 50%, 60%, or 90%) do not match the OMH 2012 reported prevalence—lower values understate the observed burden, and higher values overstate it. Additionally, obesity alone (BMI ≥30) is a subset of that 80% and would be a smaller percentage, so interpreting the 80% as overweight-or-obese is necessary.

In conclusion, the correct response is 80%, matching the OMH 2012 report and the provided answer.

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