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Obesity in USA/Canada:how do "they" know?
I agree that we see lots of overweight people around, however where does Government get their actual figures from? No-one has ever called me in any survey to ask my weight. How about you?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
In Canada, the information can be obtained from the Canadian Institute of Health Information. They get it from people's medical records. I used to work in medical records with people who compiled health statistics like that. But even then, it sounds like a guess, in my opinion, since it's only from people who needed to see the doctor for something. Like you said, it's not like everyone gets called to volunteer that information.