Fact about obesity in US, from yahoo health news. The scorring from Body mass index is calculated by dividing a person’s weight in kilos by his or her height squared in meters.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Obesity continued to creep up in the United States last year and now affects more than one in four US adults, a US government report showed Friday
In 2005, 23.9 percent of adults in the United States were obese, or had a body mass index greater than 30, while in 2007, the percentage had grown to 25.6 percent, data issued by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) showed.
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James
September 18th, 2008 at 12:18 am
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flingcom
September 25th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
2Its such a BIG problem that i though it was a pregnant lady’s pic….. lol
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