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16 Oct 2012 16:00 #106237
by The Captain
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This must be maps
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[/size]Almost a third of Canadians aged five to 17 are overweight or obese, Statistics Canada finds.
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[/size]The prevalence of overweight and obese Canadian children hasn't increased over the past decade, but the agency said Thursday that it remains a public health concern.
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HEALTH
A by-the-numbers look at obese children
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Using World Health Organization standards of measurement, 31.5 per cent of five- to 17-year-olds — an estimated 1.6 million Canadians — were classified as overweight (19.8 per cent) or obese (11.7 per cent) from 2009 to 2011.
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Among children aged five to 11, the percentage of obese boys (19.5 per cent) was more than three times that of obese girls (6.3 per cent), the agency said.
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[/size]"Although these estimates have not changed significantly in recent years, more data points are needed to determine if the pace of increase in prevalence is slowing, as has been observed in some countries," the report concludes.
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[/size]"Regardless, the estimates remain high and are a public health concern, given the tendency for excess weight in childhood to persist through to adulthood."
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16 Oct 2012 16:20 #106238
by ketchim
Daaaaamnnn....one third of of about 12 million = 4 Million canadians
......................two thirds of about 222 million = 148 million amricans
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16 Oct 2012 16:36 #106241
by mapoui
deh very happy to be in canada. especially dem westindian an dem.
"bwoy leave the chirren an' dem alone nuh. deh in canada. this is not home. deh have to be free."
sweet!
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