Forty-four point four percent of all children between the ages of ten and seventeen years were obese or overweight.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

They used a system of measurement called the Body Mass Index to define words like obese and overweight.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

This makes it a great choice of exercise for people with special needs, like pregnant women,older adults, and persons who are overweight.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

It found that overweight people between the ages of twenty and fifty-five may have a higher risk.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

And those extra calories could help explain the rise in overweight children in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

It is about an extremely overweight black teenager in the Harlem area of New York City.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

And,the percentage of obese or overweight children was at or above thirty percent in thirty states.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

Public health officials reported in January that seventeen percent of American children are severely overweight.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

Precious is an extremely overweight black teenager in the Harlem area of New York City.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

These days,there are fewer smokers in the country but more people who are extremely overweight.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

Judith Palfrey of the American Academy of Pediatrics says overweight children have many health problems.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

"Every day we see overweight toddlers who struggle to learn to walk or run.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

The B-M-I of someone overweight is between twenty-five and twenty-nine point five.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

They are less likely to be overweight and have type two diabetes.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

These include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes or being severely overweight.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

Mississippi also had the highest rate of obese and overweight children.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

Almost one-third of American children are overweight or obese.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

Almost one-fifth of American children and teenagers are overweight.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

Overweight people have a higher risk of osteoarthritis.

VOA: special.2010.05.19

Overweight can cause our children respiratory problems.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

Being overweight can ruin their health.

VOA: special.2010.02.16

"Once a woman became overweight or obese, there was no relation between physical activity and weight change among these women."

VOA: standard.2010.03.30