http://www.pamf.org/teen/health/diseases/obesity.html
Last Reviewed: January 2005
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
The information on this cite is mainly what obesity is, when it became a problem, and what it can lead to.
Obesity by definition is being overweight due to excess layers body fat. Being obese is when you are 20% heavier than your ideal weight based on your height. An example of being obese is, if a child that ideally should weigh 100 lbs, actually weighs 120+ lbs is classified as obese. Being overweight is different than obesity because being one pound to 19% over the ideal bodyweight for your height.
So why has obesity become such a hot topic? Well, in 1980 only 5% of kids living then were obese. When in 2000, 15% of american kids ages 6-19 were obese. Which is about 9 million kids.
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MLA format. Don't just throw the information up there. Also, are the numbers from quotes or are you summarizing. How can you let your reader know this?
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