Obesity
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Weight Master E.
I read this article online and thought it was interesting. As I read this, I found that there were many things that I just didn't know about obesity. I thought that I would put some facts from the article on here. The following information was not written by me. I did copy and paste it, but I forgot to get the url: 1. Child-safety seat manufacture ...
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Obesity
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Dr. Lynn Dorman
If you have been reading this blog you know I harp on obesity - it's bad and getting worse - for adults and for kids.. A new report came out this week which indicates that obesity rates have increased in 37 states! And in more than half of the states - more than 25% of the adults are now obese... The worst state? Mississippi - where 31.7% are o ...
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Pregnancy and Obesity
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Tina C.
Pregnant women who are also obese have a significant increase in pregnancy and delivery complications over women who are not obese. Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) or 30 or greater. Sadly, the stillbirth rate is tripled in obese women. Obesity is the number one concern in pregnant women; it has replaced smoking, which used to be the t ...
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OBESITY
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Niell A.1 Comment
Written by Neill Abayon Obesity is a chronic condition that affects millions of people. The successful management of obesity requires a comprehensive, long-term treatment plan. The national Institute of Health (NIH) in the US defines obesity as a body mass index (BMI). Your BMI is a number calculated by dividing your weight in kilograms by your he ...
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Obesity
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Dr. Scott ND
Wow! How did we get here? Obesity has become an epidemic.Here is a short video that shows the changes in the amount of people who are overweight and obese.Hard to believe but true.Click here to view the embedded video.
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Touchy subject. Super Morbid Obesity/Neglect?
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Melting Mama
I followed a link from my statistics program back to where it originated at a message board.The discussion on that particular board was regarding Ms. Williams ( the super morbidly obese woman who passed this week after gastric bypass surgery ) and the fact that she was, indeed, bedridden, and receiving welfare benefits?The line of thought at the me ...
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Severe obesity?
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Melting Mama
"People who are 100 pounds or more overweight are the fastest-growing
group of overweight people in the United States, researchers reported
Monday.They found the proportion of the severely obese was 50
percent higher in 2005 than it had been in 2000 -- a startling rate of
growth."The proportion of people at the high end of the weight
scal ...
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