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willowbythesea
3-23-05, 05:03 PM
I know this is a really dumb question but I keep hearing so many different versions. How exactly do you measure obesity? It gets thrown a lot as a term but what I want to know is:

1. At which point are you considered obese? And
2. How do you calculate whether you're obese?

Pagan
3-23-05, 05:21 PM
This link should help, Willow....

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/defining.htm

willowbythesea
3-23-05, 05:44 PM
thanks Pagan, I'm checking it out as we speak.