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Obesity: What You Need to Know
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 3 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 Classes 1 Through 3: Each Category Explained
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 3 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· 1 year 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...
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...
What Is Obesity?
Health via Yahoo News· 8 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,...
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,...
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...
What parents need to know about childhood obesity
Yahoo Life· 7 months agoPhoto Illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images Photo Illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images According to the Centers for Disease Control and...
One of the most popular ways of telling if you're a healthy weight is bogus — here's what you should...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBMI is not the best predictor of ill health.Getty Images BMI was invented in the 1800s and says next...
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...