Calculate Your Body Mass Index. Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to adult men and women.

Current Status. Inequities in a range of factors — income, stable and affordable housing, access to quality education and others — all influence a person’s chance to live a longer, healthier life. 1 These inequities and disparate access to affordable, healthy food or safe places to be physically active, contribute to higher rates of obesity

One of the most vital lessons the scientific and health care communities have learned is that obesity and mental illness are related. And identifying and exposing the complex interplay between the two kinds of diseases is a solid start to developing more comprehensive and effective solutions than currently available in the arsenal.

Playing computer games increases obesity risk in teens by making them hungry. By Sophie Borland for the Daily Mail Updated: 21:01 EDT, 20 May 2011

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More data. Health, United States trend tables with data on health risk factors; Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults and Youth: United States, 2015–2016

Apr 10, 2018 · As the air-conditioning hums in a squat, windowless warehouse on a desolate side street in Van Nuys, California, Carl Daikeler strolls onto the set of a workout-video shoot and informs the spandex-clad cast that it’s time for his social media ritual. Everyone quiets down. He holds his iPhone up

A recent study found that women who had ren aged faster on a cellular level than women who smoked or were obese.

CDC’s Obesity efforts focus on policy and environmental strategies to make healthy eating and active living accessible and affordable for everyone.

Obesity harms more teenage teens than mans. Overweight teens nine times more likely to develop high blood pressure compared to their peers; Obese teenagers at increased risk of heart attack and heart disease