Childhood obesity
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childhood-obesity-181-2892795
title:
Childhood obesity
text:
Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or well-being. As methods to determine body fat directly are difficult, the diagnosis of obesity is often based on BMI. Due to the rising prevalence of obesity in children and its many adverse health effects it is being recognized as a serious public health concern. The term overweight rather than obese is often used when discussing childhood obesity, as it is less stigmatizing, although the term overweigh
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Obesity in children
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_obesity
date created:
2006-03-30T21:39:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T16:08:29Z
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13
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