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  1. Obesity

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    Obesity is a term used to describe body weight that is much greater
    than what is considered healthy. If you are obese, you have a much
    higher amount of body fat than is healthy or desirable. Adults ...
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  2. Obesity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life ...
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  3. The Obesity Society

    The Obesity Society promotes research, education, and advocacy to better understand, prevent, and treat obesity and improve the lives of those affected.
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  4. Obesity and Overweight: Topics | DNPAO | CDC

    The Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO) is working to reduce obesity and obesity-related conditions through state programs, ...
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  5. News for obesity

  6. City's Efforts Fail to Dent Child Obesity‎ - 11 hours ago
    Other areas with overweight and obesity rates of 45 percent or higher included East Harlem, parts of Bushwick and Williamsburg in Brooklyn, ...
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  7. Obesity: MedlinePlus

    Obesity occurs over time when you eat more calories than you use. The balance between calories-in and calories-out differs for each person. ...
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    LA Health - Obesity on the Rise

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    Obesity is a leading cause of chronic disease. Results of the 2002 survey indicate that those who ... and weight.5 Therefore, actual rates of obesity in Los ...
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  9. Culture matters in the obesity debate - latimes.com

    Sep 21, 2007 ... Today, professors Brownell and Campos look at how culture and class affect the debate over obesity . Yesterday, they discussed the biggest ...
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    Preventing childhood obesity: the need to create healthy places

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    3 For the purposes of this report, childhood obesity was defined as having a gender-specific BMI-for-age at or above the 95th percentile using CDC growth ...
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  11. No Junk Food: LAUSD Obesity Prevention Motion

    LAUSD Obesity Prevention Motion. Marlene Canter, Julie Korenstein ... Whereas, in order to respond to the current obesity epidemic effectively, ...
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  12. Obesity

    Formerly known as Obesity Research, Obesity is the official journal of The Obesity Society. Available in print and online, Obesity is dedicated to ...
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  13. Obesity (Weight Loss) – Complete medical information on this all ...

    The definition of obesity varies depending on what one reads, but in general, it is a chronic condition defined by an excess amount body fat. ...
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  14. Books for obesity

    Obesity - Barry Gumbiner - 2001 - 331 pages