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What is the following is a health risk for someone who is overweight or obese?
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∙ 7y ago
Stroke, heart attack, Heart disease, type 2 Diabetes, reproductive problems, depression, esophageal cancer, thyroid cancer, sleep apnea, kidney failure, etc., and even death.
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According to the National Institutes of Health what percent of adult Americans were overweight or obese in 2005?
According to the National Institutes of Health, in 2005, approximately 66 percent of adult Americans were overweight or obese.
How obese are Australians?
70% of Aussie males are obese or overweight and 60% of Aussie females are obese or overweight. That makes 43% of Australians obese or overweight.
How many American adults are overweight according to the National Institutes of Health?
According to the National Institutes of Health, approximately 70% of American adults are overweight or obese.
Negative words that start with O to describe someone?
Odd Overweight Obese Ordinary Old
What is being twenty percent or more overweight?
If you or someone else is twenty percent or more overweight then you (or someone else) are obese. You could also look up obesity.
How many children in Australia are obese?
Figures from the 2004-2005 Australian National Health Survey indicated that 47% of Australians over the age of 15 were overweight, but only one-third of them were obese - which is roughly 18%. This equates to around 2.5 million.
What to call someone instead of fat?
Other than medical or health reasons, there is little need to call someone anything that refers to race, color, weight, birth defects, and so on. Health and medical - wise, the term 'plump' (Somewhat overweight) or 'obese' (very overweight) is OK. Or just use the term, 'overweight'. Some people use the term, "Undertall", as in, "I am not overweight, I am just undertall" Meaning that if the person was taller, their weight would be just right.
What is corpulence?
Corpulent means someone that is plump, overweight, obese. A connoisseur is an expert, judge or adept in something.
What is the fattest country by statistics?
According to the World Health Organisation, the country with the largest population of obese people is American Samoa, where 93.5% of the people are overweight, and 74.6 % are classified as "obese".
How do you tell if someone is officially fat?
There is no such thing as 'officially fat'. The Body Mass Index is a useful indicator of whether someone is overweight or obese.
Why are fat people called obese?
obese is a degree of being fat or overweight
What is the difference between overweight and obesity?
They are weight classifications based on the BMI: (for an adult) >50 = "super obese" obese class 3 40-50 = "morbidly obese" obese class 2 35-40 = "severely obese" obese class 1 30-35 = "obese" 25-30 = "overweight" 18.5-25 = "normal weight" <18.5 = "underweight"
