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Article: A NEW TAKE ON WEIGHT LOSS
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 6, 2009
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Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
It may be uncomfortable to think about after the holidays, but currently two-thirds of Americans are overweight and about five percent are actually clinically severely obese. New Year's resolutions are great, but they probably won't do much to solve this growing epidemic. Very few people are able to lose significant weight through diet and exercise, and even fewer are able to keep the weight off long term.
What does it mean to be clinically severely obese? In simple terms, it means being 100 percent above or 100 pounds above your ideal weight. A more accurate way to determine if you are obese is by calculating BMI or body mass ...