Or that obese people sit for more than two and half more hours per day than thin people?
The adults of tomorrow aren't looking any better: 15% of American children are obese.
The issue is, of course, a delicate one for airline employees to approach with obese passengers.
He said malnourished mothers were likely to have babies who later grew up to become obese.
In fact, according to one study, voters in certain cases can prefer obese to non-obese candidates.
One of us thinks Americans are too obsessed with weight to elect an obese president.
It is hard to make a profit feeding obese people at an "all-you-can-eat" buffet.
Research shows that being overweight or obese in middle age can double your risk of dementia.
About half were considered overweight or obese, defined as having a BMI of more than 25.
The survey indicates that the number of obese people in China doubled between 1992 and 2002.
Now a government survey concludes that there are 60 million obese people in China.
Across OECD countries, one in two adults is currently overweight and one in six is obese.
Just over 22% of UK men were classed as obese, coming second only to Malta.
The mother is obese and imposing in "Mother and Daughter Against a Red Background" of 1891.
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Overall, 61% of Americans are overweight or obese, according to the U.S Center for Disease Control.
Across the Atlantic it is even worse - a third of adults are obese.
Tonga has a particular problem among its female population with seven in 10 women obese.
Being obese is not any more normal or healthy than being a magazine model.
Because of a combination of socio-economic factors, minorities are at higher risk of becoming obese.
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In the latest study, researchers compared three groups of obese mice on a high-calorie diet.
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The cutoff for overweight, by WHO standards, is a BMI of 25, and 30 for obese.
The studies show that many Pacific islanders are now obese, by the WHO definition.
Some experts also have suggested smokers or obese women are dragging down life expectancy.
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Nearly one-third (31%) of us are clinically obese (body mass index of 30% or more).
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He accused her of not being a responsible community role model because she is obese.
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Millions of obese folks are dying already, dying from surgery, hopped up on phentermine.
Overall 6.3% of US women - that is one in 16 - are morbidly obese.
Additionally, being obese means a girl is more likely to get her first period earlier.
In 1995, 9.9 per cent of children aged between two and 10 were classified as obese.
About 34.9% of the state's adult population was obese in 2011, the report said.
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