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2. Overweight vs. Obesity: Do You Really Know the Difference? - AOL

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   Obesity is a disease characterized by having excessive body fat, increasing a person’s risk for many serious health problems, such as heart disease, diabetes, and even some cancers

3. Obesity - Wikipedia

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   Obesity is a major cause of disability and is correlated with various diseases and conditions, particularly cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, certain types of cancer, and osteoarthritis. [2] [12] [13] Obesity has individual, socioeconomic, and environmental causes.

4. There could be a new definition for obesity. A doctor ... - AOL

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   A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, ... define adult obesity as a BMI of 30 or greater and overweight as a BMI between 25 and 29.9. ...

5. Overweight - Wikipedia

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   Overweight is defined as a BMI of 25 or more, thus it includes pre-obesity defined as a BMI between 25 and 29.9 and obesity as defined by a BMI of 30 or more. [4] [5] Pre-obese and overweight however are often used interchangeably, thus giving overweight a common definition of a BMI of between 25 and 29.9. There are, however, several other ...

6. Obesity in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Share of adults that are obese, 1975 to 2016. Obesity is common in the United States and is a major health issue associated with numerous diseases, specifically an increased risk of certain types of cancer, coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, and cardiovascular disease, as well as significant increases in early mortality and economic costs. [1]

7. 1 in 8 people worldwide now have obesity. Here's what to know.

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   Obesity vs. overweight. Obesity is "a chronic relapsing disease characterized by excess deposits of fat that can impair health," says Dr. Francesco Branca, director of the department of nutrition ...