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2. Childhood obesity - Wikipedia

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   Rates of overweight among children 2 to 19 years in the USA. From 1980 to 2013, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children increased by nearly 50%. [102] Currently 10% of children worldwide are either overweight or obese. [2] In 2014, the World Health Organization established a high-level commission to end childhood obesity. [103]

3. Classification of childhood weight - Wikipedia

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   WHO parameters for BMI-for-age parameters are defined by standard deviations and describe overweight to be greater than +1standard deviation from the mean (equivalent to BMI=25 kg/m2 at 19 years) and obese as +2 standard deviations from the mean for 5 to 19 year-olds (equivalent to BMI=30 kg/m2 at 19 years). [7]

4. Let's Move! - Wikipedia

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   Body mass index (BMI) is a measurement of weight in relation to height that can help to determine weight status. In children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) determines that a child is overweight if they are above the 85th percentile and lower than the 95th percentile and obese if at or above the 95th percentile. [18]

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6. Trim and Fit - Wikipedia

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   [2] [4] Children which exceeded the 160% of the ideal BMI were referred to the Health Promotion Board for follow-up action. A direct impact of the TAF programme was a reduction of the obesity rate of schoolchildren from 14% to 9.8% by 2002. [5] Worldwide public health experts have evaluated the TAF model for possible replication around the world.

7. My kid called someone 'fat.' Here's how experts suggest ... - AOL

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   May 25, 2023 at 10:05 AM. How to talk to kids about using the word "fat." (Image: ... How to explain the nuance of the word “fat” to kids. This conversation will probably be tricky. How does ...

8. I'm Overweight. The 75 Hard Challenge Taught Me ... - AOL

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   For context, I am overweight and unfit. In 2023, I joined a gym and started exercising more consistently, but the parameters of the 75 Hard Challenge ...

9. Body roundness index - Wikipedia

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   Compared to traditional metrics, such as the body mass index (BMI), (which uses weight and height), BRI may improve predictions of the amount of body fat and the volume of visceral adipose tissue. Despite its common use, BMI can misclassify individuals as obese because it does not distinguish between a person's lean body mass and fat mass ...