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| how many adults are overweight or obese? |
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| what are risks of obeseity/overweight? |
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| morbidity from HTN, coronary heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, gallbladder disease, kidnehy stones, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea, dementia, and certain cancers. |
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| what else does obesity increase? |
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| menstrual irregularities, amenorrhea, polycystic ovary syndrome. during pregnancy, death of mother and child. |
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| how many americans die from obesity-related illneses? |
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| how many kids and adolescents are overweight? |
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| since 1963 the average 10 yr child has gained how much weight? |
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| with ages 6 to 11, how much has obesity been worse? |
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| as a chronic disease like HTN and diabetes |
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| what are contributing facts for obesity? |
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| genetics, metabolism, appetite regulation, environmental, psychosocial, and cultural factors |
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what is body mass index?
hos is it calculated? |
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a patients weight and height.
dividing a patients weight in KG by the square of the patients height in meters. |
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