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		<title>Downey Fact Sheet 1 &#8211; About Obesity</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/fact-sheet-1-about-obesity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Printable PDF Obesity is a global epidemic and a major health concern because of its premature mortality and extensive comorbidities. Obesity is a common, complex, multifactorial disease with a high degree of heritability. Between 25 and 40% of person with obesity have a parent who is obese. There are several significant facts to bear in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downey Fact Sheet 2 &#8211; Quick Facts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Printable PDF ADULT OBESITY The adult obesity rates have risen dramatically from 1960 to today; rates of overweight (BMI &#62;30) have doubled, rates of obesity (BMI 30-39.9) have nearly tripled and rates of extreme or morbid obesity (BMI &#62;40) have nearly increased seven fold. ADULT (age 20-74) Prevalence 1 Overweight (BMI 25-30) Percentage 1960-1962 31.5% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downey Fact Sheet 3 &#8211; Costs</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/fact-sheet-3-costs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Printable PDF New analysis indicates costs attributed to obesity are estimated to be $147 billion per year. Annual Medical Spending Attributable To Obesity: P&#8230;[Health Aff (Millwood). 2009] &#8211; PubMed Result In 1998 the medical costs of obesity were estimated to be $78.5 billion, approximately half financed by Medicare or Medicaid.National Medical Spending Attributable To Overweight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downey Fact Sheet 4 – The Global Obesity Epidemic</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/fact-sheet-4-global-obesity-epidemic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Printable PDF Increasing rates of obesity are not unique to the United States. Rates of obesity are increasing around the globe. The World Health Organization projects at, as of 2005, 1.6 billion adults were overweight and at least 400 million were obese. Approximately 2.3 billion adults will be overweight and 700 million will be obese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downey Fact Sheet 5 &#8211; Measuring Obesity – The Body Mass Index</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/fact-sheet-5-measuring-obesity-body-mass-index/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calculator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cutoffs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEXA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[height weight tables]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=312</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Printable PDF How do we know if one is overweight or obese? There are several methods, but the one most frequently used by researchers and physicians is the Body Mass Index or BMI. The BMI is a mathematical formula involving dividing one’s weight (in kilograms) by one’s height in meters squared. The resulting number is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downey Fact Sheet 6 &#8211; Morbid Obesity</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/fact-sheet-6-morbid-obesity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/fact-sheet-6-morbid-obesity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Printable PDF Fact Sheet Morbid Obesity Over two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese; one-third are obese. But the obesity crisis in the United States is really the crisis of morbid obesity. It is this group – persons with morbid obesity – who have the most comorbid conditions, the highest health care costs and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downey Fact Sheet 7 – Bariatric Surgery</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/fact-sheet-7-bariatric-surgery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/fact-sheet-7-bariatric-surgery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=308</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Printable PDF Most chronic diseases, if they have a treatment, can be better addressed at early stages before the disease process has established itself. The longer and more severe the disease, the less effective treatments there are. Obesity does not follow this model. For the most severe cases there is actually a very good and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resources</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/resources/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Follow the debate on obesity as a disease at Obesity &#8211; ProCon.org USDA MyPyramid MyPyramid.gov &#8211; United States Department of Agriculture &#8211; Home Nutrition Fact Sheets from the American Dietetic Association Nutrition Fact Sheets Diabetes Research Summaries from the American Diabetes Association Diabetes Research Summaries &#8211; Overweight, Obesity &#38; Weight Loss &#8211; American Diabetes Association [...]]]></description>
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