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2. Obesity-associated morbidity - Wikipedia

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   Death rate from obesity, 2019. Obesity is a risk factor for many chronic physical and mental illnesses.. The health effects of being overweight but not obese are controversial, with some studies showing that the mortality rate for individuals who are classified as overweight (BMI 25.0 to 29.9) may actually be lower than for those with an ideal weight (BMI 18.5 to 24.9). [1]

3. BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say - AOL

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   Potential effects of clinical obesity may include heart attack, stroke and kidney failure. "As these categories of obesity are entirely new, we can’t measure their relative prevalence in the ...

4. 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.

5. Radical new proposal from 58 medical experts would decenter ...

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   Breathlessness caused by effects of obesity on the lungs Obesity-induced heart failure Knee or hip pain, with joint stiffness and reduced range of motion as a direct effect of excess body fat on ...

6. Experts Want Obesity Defined Beyond BMI - AOL

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   Obesity, long determined by the flawed metric of BMI, should be diagnosed based on other measurements, experts argue. ... Main Menu. News. News. Entertainment. Lighter Side. ... that there’s a ...

7. 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 ...

8. Why BMI is not the obesity measurement we need - AOL

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   Main Menu. News. News. Entertainment. Lighter Side. Politics. Science & Tech. Sports. Weather. 24/7 Help. ... also addresses the societal impact of obesity and the harmful effects of weight stigma.

9. Diet and obesity - Wikipedia

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   Diet, specifically the Western Pattern Diet, plays an important role in the genesis of obesity.Personal choices, food advertising, social customs and cultural influences, as well as food availability and pricing all play a role in determining what and how much an individual eats.