[WATCH]: Obesity Becoming the Norm In Women and Children?

Transcript by www.newsy.com BY MALLORY PERRYMAN ANCHOR CHANCE SEALES You're watching multisource health news analysis from Newsy Big moms- and big kids- just don't know how big they really are. That's according to a new study out of Columbia University. Minneapolis CBS affiliate WCCO has the details. "The medical center found many heavy-set mothers and children think they are slimmer than they actually are. 82% Of the obese women and 42% of the overweight women underestimated their weight. At the same time 86% of the children under estimated their weight." We're not talking about a few pounds of extra love around the handles here. To be classified as "obese", the women in this study had to have a body mass index of more than 30.

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