They used a system of measurement called the Body Mass Index to define words like obese and overweight.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

If you look at increasing weight as you go from left to right on this axis, lean people, overweight people, and obese people, the risk goes way up for death from cardiovascular diseases.

从X轴左边到右边,随着体重不断上升,精瘦的,超重的,以及肥胖人群,心血管疾病的致死风险也随之增加

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And,the percentage of obese or overweight children was at or above thirty percent in thirty states.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

Mississippi also had the highest rate of obese and overweight children.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

"Once a woman became overweight or obese, there was no relation between physical activity and weight change among these women."

VOA: standard.2010.03.30