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To screen for overweight and obesity, your doctor will calculate your body mass index (BMI) to check if you or your child are a healthy weight. Your doctor may recommend healthy lifestyle changes, such as healthy eating and physical activity, to prevent overweight and obesity.

Risk factors for overweight and obesity include having unhealthy lifestyle habits such as lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating behaviors, not getting enough sleep, having high amounts of stress; being a certain age; living in unhealthy environments, having a family history; being a certain race or ethnicity; or being a certain sex.

Energy imbalances, some genetic or endocrine medical conditions, and medicines are known to cause overweight or obesity.

Aprender lo que es el magnesio y lo que hace en el cuerpo, cuales alimentos son fuentes de magnesio, y de los suplementos de magnesio.

Recommended intakes and sources of magnesium, effects of deficiency and excess, groups at risk of inadequacy, and interactions with medications.

Find out what magnesium is and what it does in your body, what foods provide it, and about magnesium supplements.

Aprender lo que es el hierro y lo que hace en el cuerpo, cuales alimentos son fuentes de hierro, y de los suplementos de hierro.

Recommended intakes and sources of iron, effects of deficiency and excess, groups at risk of inadequacy, and interactions with medications.

Find out what iron is and what it does in your body, what foods provide it, and about iron supplements.

Aprender lo que es el yodo y lo que hace en el cuerpo, cuales alimentos son fuentes de yodo, y de los suplementos dietéticos de yodo.