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  2. Classification of childhood weight - Wikipedia

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    The 2000 CDC growth charts - a revised version of the 1977 NCHS growth charts - are the current standard tool for health care providers and offer 16 charts (8 for boys and 8 for girls), of which BMI-for-age is commonly used for aiding in the diagnoses of childhood obesity. [1]

  3. Epidemiology of childhood obesity - Wikipedia

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    From 2003 to 2007, there was a twofold increase in states reporting prevalence of pediatric obesity greater than or equal to 18%.7 Oregon was the only state showing decline from 2003 to 2007 (decline by 32%), and using children in Oregon as a reference group, obesity in children in Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Georgia, and ...

  4. Childhood obesity - Wikipedia

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    The rate of overweight and obesity in Brazilian children increased from 4% in the 1980s to 14% in the 1990s. [105] In 2007 the prevalence of children overweight and childhood obesity was 11.1% and 2.7% in girls, 8.2% and 1.5% in boys, respectively. [106]

  5. File:Obesity country comparison - path.svg - Wikipedia

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    This chart compares figures in the population of OECD countries (plus the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Mexico); it shows the percentage of total population (aged 15 and above) with a body mass index greater than 30. The year the figures used for this chart were published, collected or compiled range from 1996 to 2003.

  6. US obesity rates drop for 1st time in a decade, with possible ...

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    For the first time in over a decade, obesity rates in the United States may finally be heading in the right direction and new weight loss drugs like semaglutide could be part of the reason why. A ...

  7. List of countries by obesity rate - Wikipedia

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    Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... This is a list of countries by obesity rate, with data from the World Health Organization (WHO), as of 2022.

  8. CHART #2: SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATESÕ HEALTH PLANS By Susan J. Blumenthal, M.D., Jessica B. Rubin, Michelle E. Treseler, Jefferson Lin, and David Mattos* Joe Biden Chris Dodd Mike Gravel Dennis Kucinich Bill Richardson Stated Goals for Coverage ! Provide access to affordable health care for all and contain costs1! Begin ...

  9. Overweight - Wikipedia

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    Overweight is defined as a BMI of 25 or more, thus it includes pre-obesity defined as a BMI between 25 and 29.9 and obesity as defined by a BMI of 30 or more. [4] [5] Pre-obese and overweight however are often used interchangeably, thus giving overweight a common definition of a BMI of between 25 and 29.9. There are, however, several other ...