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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

body fact percentage, hydrostatic weighing, bod pod, women

College

David O. McKay School of Education

Department

Teacher Education

Abstract

Obesity will probably replace cigarette smoking as the major killer of Americans in the next century.1 Research shows that excess body weight leads directly to many health problems, and it often contributes indirectly to other serious diseases by precipitating dangerous metabolic abnormalities.2 In short, obesity plays a central role in the development of numerous diseases, including Type II diabetes, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, various cancers, osteoarthritis, gallbladder disease, stroke, and all cause mortality.

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