Precipitated by an unhealthy weight, bad eating habits, and drug use, Garcia collapsed into a diabetic coma in 1986, waking up five days later.

An office manager with an 8-year-old daughter and a 5-year-old son, Shellie was at an unhealthy weight.

In all these cases, more than 70% of citizens age 15 and over have an unhealthy weight.

At ages 2 and 3, more than 40 percent of kids are already at an unhealthy weight.

Doctors use BMI to help screen for unhealthy weight.

An unhealthy weight can further complicate mobility.

Physical activity may reduce unhealthy weight and may reduce estrogen levels.

And many of us have unhealthy excess weight that we could lose if only we would eat right and exercise more.

Additional calories from any food, including snacks, add up to an unhealthy weight for kids if those extra calories aren't burned off by physical activity.

With 1.2 million obese adults and half of kindergartners at an unhealthy weight, public health action is necessary.