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Race/ethnicity
     age-sex-adjusted percent of adults aged 18 years and over who engaged in regular leisure-time physical activity, by race/ethnicity, January-June 2003, 91 (f6.4)
     binge-eating disorders and, 44
     birth weight, number/percent of births of low birth weight, by race, Hispanic origin of mother, and state or territory, 2002, 6t-7t
     birth weight, rate of very low birth weight, low birth weight, and mean birth weight among singletons by race and Hispanic origin of mother, selected years 1990-2002, 5t
     death, leading causes of, number of deaths, according to sex, race, Hispanic origin, 1980 and 2001, 27t-30t
     dieting in children/adolescents, 69
     eating disorders and, 128
     hypertension among persons 20 years of age and over, according to sex, age, race, Hispanic origin, 1960-62, 1971-74, 1976-80, 1988-94, 1999-2000, 33t-34t
     infant, neonatal, postnatal mortality rates, according to detailed race and Hispanic origin of mother, selected years 1983-2001, 22t-24t
     life expectancy at birth, at 65 years of age, and 75 years of age, according to race and sex, selected years 1900-2001, 25t-26t
     obesity prevalence, age-adjusted, among adults aged 20 years and over, by sex, race/ethnicity, January-June 2003, 13f
     overweight children/adolescents 6-19 years of age, according to sex, age, race, Hispanic origin, selected years 1963-65
     through 1999-2000, 55t
     overweight children/adolescents by, 54, 55-56
     overweight children/adolescents by sex and race-ethnic group, percentage of, 1988-94, 54t
     overweight/obesity prevalence and, 11
     overweight, prevalence of, risk of, among children aged 2 to 5 years, by race/ethnicity, 57 (f4.6)
     overweight, prevalence of, risk of, among children aged 2 to 5 years, by race/ethnicity, 1992-2001, 57 (f4.7)
     physical activity and, 89
     population-based prevention programs target racial/ethnic minority groups, 138-139
     self-assessed weight status and demographic characteristics, 1994-96, 157 (t 11.5)
     size of Americans by, 159

RAND Corporation
     cost of obesity study, 104
     obesity-related disability study, 107

Rasmussen, Kathleen, 40

Relapse prevention, 130

"The Relative Safety of Ephedra Compared with Other Herbal Products" (Bent), 94

Rennin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, 34

Reproductive health, 39-40

Research
     eating disorders, 48
     obesity research funding, 105-106

Respect, for overweight people, 163 (t 11.11)

Restaurants
     children/adolescents' caloric consumption and, 58
     food away from home, total expenditures, 1929-2002, 15t-16t
     legal issues of overweight/obesity, 116-118
     nutritional information from, 61
     portion size at, 12-13
     reason for overweight, 11-12

Rheumatic diseases, 36-37

Richardson, Lisa, 102

Rimonabant, 94

Risk of overweight
     overweight, prevalence of, risk of, among children aged 2 to 5 years, by race/ethnicity, 57 (f4.6)
     overweight, prevalence of, risk of, among children aged 2 to 5 years, by race/ethnicity, 1992-2001, 57 (f4.7)
     See also Health risks and consequences

Robinson, Jennifer, 168

Roker, Al, 96

Rolls, Barbara, 12

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