[jfc]

Average American woman - 166 lbs., up 18.5%

Average American man - 195.5 lbs., up 17.6%

The title seems bit linkbait-y. Why focus on women, when it's really all Americans?

[mhurron]

166 is a nicer number?

200lb doesn't have a 1960's equivalent to compare it to in a headline?

[sib]

Because for the "average person" the temporal equivalence across the genders makes an easier comparison than using percentages?