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A total of 25 states weigh public school students to monitor obesity rates.

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Obesity (defined as a BMI of 30 or more), especially extreme obesity, is known to decrease the likelihood that a wo

A higher BMI may lead to an increased risk for diabetes complications, a

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For many years Body Mass Index, or BMI, has been the go-to index for establishing trends in population weights, and has also been u