those under 18 years of age, and pregnant and lactating women. Visit the Question and Answer (Q & A) section for more information about weight classification and answers to questions about weight and ...

Body Mass Index is a measure of body weight to the square of your height. A higher BMI indicates higher and unhealthy body fat, which may lead to various health problems. To determine your BMI, a ...

Although the current obesity epidemic has been well documented in children and adults, less is known about long-term risks of adult obesity for a given child at his or her present age and weight. We ...

The Center for Disease Control has just put out its estimate of how obese our country will be by the year 2030 and the numbers are alarming. Currently the CDC says about 36% of the country is obese, ...