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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/19c0d502-3bba-4332-9c13-cf43b81995e5/4EC76637-197D-4030-8FC6-2DBD1A7572A0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/82-620-MIE/2005001/tables/adults/table1.htm" href="http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/82-620-MIE/2005001/tables/adults/table1.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.statcan.ca</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/82-620-MIE/2005001/tables/adults/table1.htm"><TABLE cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="1"><CAPTION>
  Table 1. Percentage distribution of body mass index (BMI), by sex, household population aged 18 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004
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  <TBODY><TR><TD rowspan="2"> </TD><TH id="un_0" colspan="2">Both sexes</TH><TH id="un_1" colspan="2">Men</TH><TH id="un_2" colspan="2"> Women</TH></TR><TR><TH headers="un_0" id="un_3">'000</TH><TH headers="un_0" id="un_4">%</TH><TH headers="un_1" id="un_5">'000</TH><TH headers="un_1" id="un_6">%</TH><TH headers="un_2" id="un_7">'000</TH><TH headers="un_2" id="un_8">%</TH></TR><TR><TH id="un_9" class="un_normalize_header"><DIV align="left">Underweight</DIV></TH><TD headers="un_9 un_0 un_3"><DIV align="right">471</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_9 un_0 un_4"><DIV align="right">2.0</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_9 un_1 un_5"><DIV align="right">170<SPAN class="nowrap"><A href="http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/82-620-MIE/2005001/tables/adults/table1.htm#2"><SUP>2</SUP></A></SPAN></DIV></TD><TD headers="un_9 un_1 un_6"><DIV align="right">1.4<SPAN class="nowrap"><A href="http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/82-620-MIE/2005001/tables/adults/table1.htm#1"><SUP>1</SUP></A> <A href="http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/82-620-MIE/2005001/tables/adults/table1.htm#2"><SUP>2</SUP></A></SPAN></DIV></TD><TD headers="un_9 un_2 un_7"><DIV align="right">302</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_9 un_2 un_8"><DIV align="right">2.5</DIV></TD></TR><TR><TH headers="un_9" id="un_10" class="un_normalize_header"><DIV align="left">Normal weight</DIV></TH><TD headers="un_10 un_0 un_3"><DIV align="right">9,328</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_10 un_0 un_4"><DIV align="right">38.9</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_10 un_1 un_5"><DIV align="right">3,986</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_10 un_1 un_6"><DIV align="right">33.6<SPAN class="nowrap"><A href="http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/82-620-MIE/2005001/tables/adults/table1.htm#1"><SUP>1</SUP></A></SPAN></DIV></TD><TD headers="un_10 un_2 un_7"><DIV align="right">5,343</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_10 un_2 un_8"><DIV align="right">44.1</DIV></TD></TR><TR><TH headers="un_9 un_10" id="un_11" class="un_normalize_header"><DIV align="left">Overweight (not obese)</DIV></TH><TD headers="un_11 un_0 un_3"><DIV align="right">8,647</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_11 un_0 un_4"><DIV align="right">36.1</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_11 un_1 un_5"><DIV align="right">4,984</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_11 un_1 un_6"><DIV align="right">42.0<SPAN class="nowrap"><A href="http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/82-620-MIE/2005001/tables/adults/table1.htm#1"><SUP>1</SUP></A></SPAN></DIV></TD><TD headers="un_11 un_2 un_7"><DIV align="right">3,663</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_11 un_2 un_8"><DIV align="right">30.2</DIV></TD></TR><TR><TH headers="un_9 un_10 un_11" id="un_12" class="un_normalize_header"><DIV align="left">Obese Class I</DIV></TH><TD headers="un_12 un_0 un_3"><DIV align="right">3,656</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_12 un_0 un_4"><DIV align="right">15.2</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_12 un_1 un_5"><DIV align="right">1,959</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_12 un_1 un_6"><DIV align="right">16.5</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_12 un_2 un_7"><DIV align="right">1,697</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_12 un_2 un_8"><DIV align="right">14.0</DIV></TD></TR><TR><TH headers="un_9 un_10 un_11 un_12" id="un_13" class="un_normalize_header"><DIV align="left">Obese Class II</DIV></TH><TD headers="un_13 un_0 un_3"><DIV align="right">1,231</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_13 un_0 un_4"><DIV align="right">5.1</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_13 un_1 un_5"><DIV align="right">568</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_13 un_1 un_6"><DIV align="right">4.8</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_13 un_2 un_7"><DIV align="right">663</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_13 un_2 un_8"><DIV align="right">5.5</DIV></TD></TR><TR><TH headers="un_9 un_10 un_11 un_12 un_13" id="un_14" class="un_normalize_header"><DIV align="left">Obese Class III</DIV></TH><TD headers="un_14 un_0 un_3"><DIV align="right">651</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_14 un_0 un_4"><DIV align="right">2.7</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_14 un_1 un_5"><DIV align="right">194</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_14 un_1 un_6"><DIV align="right">1.6<SPAN class="nowrap"><A href="http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/82-620-MIE/2005001/tables/adults/table1.htm#1"><SUP>1</SUP></A></SPAN></DIV></TD><TD headers="un_14 un_2 un_7"><DIV align="right">457</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_14 un_2 un_8"><DIV align="right">3.8</DIV></TD></TR><TR><TH headers="un_9 un_10 un_11 un_12 un_13 un_14" id="un_15" class="un_normalize_header"><DIV align="left">Overweight and obese (BMI ≥ 25)</DIV></TH><TD headers="un_15 un_0 un_3"><DIV align="right">14,185</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_15 un_0 un_4"><DIV align="right">59.1</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_15 un_1 un_5"><DIV align="right">7,706</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_15 un_1 un_6"><DIV align="right">65.0<SPAN class="nowrap"><A href="http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/82-620-MIE/2005001/tables/adults/table1.htm#1"><SUP>1</SUP></A></SPAN></DIV></TD><TD headers="un_15 un_2 un_7"><DIV align="right">6,480</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_15 un_2 un_8"><DIV align="right">53.4</DIV></TD></TR><TR><TH headers="un_9 un_10 un_11 un_12 un_13 un_14 un_15" id="un_16" class="un_normalize_header"><DIV align="left">Obese (BMI ≥ 30)</DIV></TH><TD headers="un_16 un_0 un_3"><DIV align="right">5,539</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_16 un_0 un_4"><DIV align="right">23.1</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_16 un_1 un_5"><DIV align="right">2,722</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_16 un_1 un_6"><DIV align="right">22.9</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_16 un_2 un_7"><DIV align="right">2,817</DIV></TD><TD headers="un_16 un_2 un_8"><DIV align="right">23.2</DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD colspan="7"><A name="1"></A>1. Significantly different from estimate for women (p &lt; 0.05)</TD></TR><TR><TD colspan="7"><A name="2"></A>2. Coefficient of variation between 16.6% and 33.3% (interpret with caution)</TD></TR><TR><TD colspan="7">Data source: 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey: Nutrition</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4EC76637-197D-4030-8FC6-2DBD1A7572A0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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