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This article is about the medical term. For the stock market term, see overweight (stock market). The term overweight is generally used to indicate that a human (or other mammal) has more body fat than is typical or required for the normal functioning of the body. Being overweight is a fairly common condition for many people, especially in the United States and other developed nations where food supplies are plentiful and lifestyles often do not involve a lot of exercise. Recent studies ...
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Obesity Articles
- NIH Releases Research Strategy to Fight Obesity Epidemic
... NIH Director Elias M. Zerhouni, M.D., today announced the release of the final version of the Strategic Plan for NIH Obesity Research, a multi-dimensional research agenda to enhance both the developme... - Obesity and Cancer: Questions and Answers
... Key Points During the last two decades, the percentage of overweight and obese adults and children has been steadily increasing (see Question 2). Lack of physical activity is strongly associated with ... - Preguntas frecuentes acerca de la Obesidad
... La obesidad significa que usted tiene una cantidad excesiva de grasa corporal. Todas las personas necesitan un poco de grasa corporal, pero tener demasiada puede ocasionar problemas de salud. El sobre... - Preguntas Frecuentes acerca de los Problemas Médicos de las Mujeres
Estadounidenses de Origen Hispano
... Hay cerca de 14 millones de mujeres de origen hispano en los Estados Unidos. Entre ellas hay mujeres de culturas, antecedentes y experiencias diversas - mexicano-americanas, centroamericanas y sudamer... - U.S. Teens More Overweight Than Youth in 14 Other Countries
... U.S. teens are more likely to be overweight than are teens from 14 other industrialized nations, according to survey information collected in 1997 and 1998 by two agencies of the Department of Health ...
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