| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Obesity is a major public health risk in the United States, where 65 percent of adults are overweight (i.e., they have a body mass index [BMI] of 25 kg per m2 or greater).1 The prevalence of obesity in the United States was 14.5 percent from 1976 to 19802 and has since risen to 30.5 percent.1 The percentage of children who are overweight (i.e., BMI in the 95th percentile or greater for age and sex
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