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Body Mass Index & Waist Circumference


Graphic Source: http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/AdultObesity/ Risk.html

NIH BMI Graph

BMI - Adult

BMI - Child & Teen

Waist Circumference

Waist to Hip Ratio


Edmonton Obesity Staging System (EOSS)


Edmonton Obesity Scale by Sharma
Graphic source: http://www.drsharma.ca/wp-content/uploads/edmonton-obesity-staging-system-staging-tool.pdf

Edmonton Obesity Scale
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Edmonton Obesity Scale
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Calculators



Adolescent & Childhood Obesity


The vicious cycle of childhood obesity;http://www.knowabouthealth.com/common-cold-virus-ad-36-may-make-kids-fat/6527/

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Behavioral Aspects



Fitness Aspects



Health Effects


US is a fat nation
Graphic source: http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/12/fat-nation/

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5845a2.htm?s_cid=mm5845a2_e

Graphic Source: http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/AdultObesity/Risk.html

BMI and Type 2 Diabetes; http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/721691?src=cmemp&uac=81167HX


Medical Aspects



Nutritional Aspects


Counting Calories


Obesity Paradox


Obesity Paradox in Chronic Failure
Graphic source: http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/human-biology/obesity-paradox1.htm


Obesogens (endocrine-disrupting chemicals [EDCs])


 Schematic depiction of the known and potential pathways through which TBT might act to modulate adipocyte differentiation and obesity

"Schematic depiction of the known and potential pathways through which TBT might act to modulate adipocyte differentiation and obesity"

Graphic source: http://endo.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/147/6/s50/F1


Public Health Aspects



Statistics


Calorielab's 2010 US Obesity Map

BRFSS 8/2010

BRFSS 2009 Obesity Stats

General

Adolescent & Childhood

Adults


Visceral Fat

Mayo Clinic Belly Fat Visceral fat is deadly Belly Fat

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Weight Management


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