obesity rates
Population weight data
Obesity rates measure the proportion of a population classified as obese, typically defined by body mass index above a certain threshold.
Public health discussions frequently cite rising obesity rates as evidence of changing dietary habits, sedentary lifestyles, or food system problems: Obesity rates have tripled since the 1970s.
The term appears constantly in health policy debates and epidemiological research.
- overweightExceeding healthy mass
- BMIWeight-to-height ratio
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- school lunchMidday institutional meal
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