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Body Mass Index (BMI) Defined
A measure to gauge total body fat which takes into account a person's weight and height. For adults, a BMI of 30 or more is considered obese. For children, proper determination of BMI depends on additional factors. The higher the BMI, the greater the risk of developing additional health problems.See also: Percentiles for body mass index in U.S. children 5 to 17 years of age.
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Physicians look to combat Miss. obesity
Published July 4, 2009, 12:09 am, The Natchez Democrat
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Top Scoops
Published July 2, 2009, 9:57 pm, Scoop.co.nz
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Exercise: A Diabetes Fighter?
Published July 2, 2009, 9:05 pm, The Tampa Tribune
Skip exercise now, pay later: That's the warning from a study that found that younger people who didn't exercise were more likely to develop diabetes in 20 years than those who stayed fit.
Obesity Rate on the Rise: Wisconsin 25th
Published July 2, 2009, 9:28 am, NBC26 Green Bay
Washington, D.C., July 1, 2009 - Wisconsin has the 25th highest rate of adult obesity in the nation, at 26.0 percent and the 12th lowest of overweight youths (ages 10-17) at 27.9 percent, according to a new report by Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).
New Report Finds Obesity Epidemic Increases, Mississippi Weighs In As Heaviest State
Published July 2, 2009, 5:23 am, Medical News Today
Adult obesity rates increased in 23 states and did not decrease in a single state in the past year, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2009, a report released today by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). In addition, the percentage of obese or overweight children is at or above 30 percent in 30 states.
£1 for a pound: NHS to pay the obese to lose weight
Published July 2, 2009, 2:19 am, Daily Mail
The obese will be given a £1 shopping voucher for every pound they shed in the pilot project for some 100 volunteers.
Report: 27% of Kansans are obese
Published July 1, 2009, 10:02 pm, The Wichita Eagle
More than a quarter of Kansans are obese — not just 10 or 15 pounds overweight, but obese — according to a report released Wednesday by Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
More than a third of Georgia, S. Carolina children are obese
Published July 1, 2009, 10:00 pm, The Augusta Chronicle
Nearly 40 percent of children in Georgia are overweight or obese -- the third-highest rate in the country -- while adults in South Carolina rank fifth in obesity, according to data released Wednesday.
Raised to be fat
Published July 1, 2009, 6:52 pm, The Record and Herald News
Report: Nearly a third of NJ's 10- to 17-year-olds overweight .
Maine still fattest state in New England
Published July 1, 2009, 6:04 pm, Bangor Daily News
Like a ?spare tire? of unwanted belly fat, the rate of adult obesity in Maine continues to expand. According to the 2009 report ?F as in Fat,? released Wednesday by the nonprofit Trust for ?
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