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Obesity: What You Need to Know
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 4 months agoLearn more about the definition of obesity and what it means for your health. Medically reviewed by Allison Herries, RDN Obesity is a chronic disease...
Obesity in children is rising dramatically, and it comes with major – and sometimes lifelong –...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKnowing how to talk to kids about healthful eating is key. MI PHAM/UnsplashIn the past two decades,...
Obesity Classes 1 Through 3: Each Category Explained
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 4 months agoObesity classes are based on body mass index (BMI). There are three classes. Learn how each class gauges a person’s risk of health complications from...
Obesity Facts and Statistics: What You Need to Know
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 2 years agoObesity is defined by a body mass index greater than 30 kilograms per square meter. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 4...
1 in 5 children and adolescents globally have 'excess weight,' new study finds. Here's what parents...
Yahoo Life· 3 days agoWhat new research has discovered about rates of obesity among kids and adolescents — and what...
What Is Obesity?
Health via Yahoo News· 9 months agoObesity is a common condition that occurs when your body has an excessive number and size of fat cells. A number of factors can lead to obesity,...
Health officials revise tool to track severe obesity in kids
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoU.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children...
Childhood obesity should be treated early and aggressively, new guidelines say. Is that safe?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoclose up of a hand holding a medical device, that being a pen designed to inject the user with the...
Medications & surgery: What do new children's obesity guidelines mean for Austin families?
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis week, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued its first clinical practice guidelines on...
Stroke rates rising sharply among people younger than 65
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoIt's not clear why stroke rates have risen so sharply, but rising rates of obesity and high blood...