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- Crash Test Dummies Become Obese As Americans Get Bigger
- Crash test dummies are growing to match obese Americans
- Mortality risk of overweight, obesity similar for blacks, whites
| Crash Test Dummies Become Obese As Americans Get Bigger Posted: 02 Nov 2014 03:07 AM PST Americans are getting bigger and so are crash test dummies. Humanetics, the world's largest producer of crash test dummies, has developed a new obese crash test dummy that has a Body Mass Index of 35 and weighs 273 pounds. Chris O'Connor the CEO of Humanetics said that obese people are 78 percent more likely to Crash Test Dummies Become Obese As Americans Get Bigger is an article from: The ... |
| Crash test dummies are growing to match obese Americans Posted: 01 Nov 2014 07:18 AM PDT America's obesity epidemic has claimed an unlikely victim: slender crash test dummies. The mannequin-like figures that are used to simulate a person's car accident experience are about to pack on the pounds — and the increase in girth is all in the name of increasing automobile safety. The new dummies will tip the scales at 271 pounds and have an obese body mass index of 35. A typical dummy ... |
| Mortality risk of overweight, obesity similar for blacks, whites Posted: 08 Oct 2014 09:34 PM PDT The increased risk of premature death associated with a higher body mass index is similar for African Americans and whites, researchers have concluded. "While recent large studies have examined the relationship between BMI and all-cause mortality in white and Asian populations in the United States, this relationship has not been well-characterized in African Americans," said the first author of ... |
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