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The first suggested revision came in July of 2013 when the [[American Medical Association]] supported raising the BMI cutoff for obese from 30 to 35, thereby refusing obesity rates by 42%.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2013/07/raising-obesity-bmi-classification-to-35-would-cut-obesity-rates-by-37/ Raising Obesity BMI Classification to 35 Would Cut Obesity Rates by 42%]</ref> Unfortunately, this measure never materialized. However, on October 5, 2016, the [[World Health Organization]] decided to give the United States a wake-up call by removing the word "obesity" and replacing it with the word American (see Figure O above).<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/10/new-bmi-classification/ BMI Classification Replaces Word “Obesity” with “American”]</ref>
'''Will Puerto Rico Ever Be the 51st State?'''
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Not until it gets its obesity rate up, sorry.<ref>[http://www.clickhole.com/article/last-hurdle-congress-has-informed-puerto-rico-it-c-6200 The Last Hurdle: Congress Has Informed Puerto Rico It Can’t Be The 51st State Until It Gets Its Obesity Rate Up To The U.S. Average (ClickHole)]</ref>
