Medically Significant Obesity

Defining Adult Overweight & Obesity | Overweight

https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/basics/adult-defining.html

BMI is a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. A high BMI can indicate high body fatness. To calculate BMI, see the Adult BMI Calculator or determine BMI by finding your height and weight in this BMI Index Chart. If …

Obesity - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/obesity/symptoms-causes/syc-20375742

A new treatment for obesity - Harvard Health

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/a-new-treatment-for-obesity-202109102589

Wegovy received significant media attention in the months preceding approval, with a New York Times article declaring it a "game changer," MedPage Today …

Class III Obesity (Formerly Known as Morbid Obesity)

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Class III obesity, formerly known as morbid obesity, is a complex chronic disease in which a person has a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or higher or a BMI of 35 or higher and …

Definitions, Classification, and Epidemiology …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279167/

These medical and psychological sequelae of obesity contribute to a major share of current health-care …

Consequences of Obesity | Overweight & Obesity | CDC

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Obesity in children and adults increases the risk for the following health conditions. 1,2,3 High blood pressure and high cholesterol which are risk factors for heart …

Obesity - National Institute of Environmental …

https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/conditions/obesity/index.cfm

Obesity is one of the signs of metabolic syndrome, along with high blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol levels. According to the CDC, overweight and …

Obesity Facts in America - Healthline

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As of 2022, all 50 states have an obesity rate of over 20% . Currently, 17 states have an obesity rate of over 35%. The South has the highest prevalence of …

Addressing weight bias in medicine - Harvard Health

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/addressing-weight-bias-in-medicine-2019040316319

Obesity is a disease: you are not an “obese person”; rather, you have the disease of obesity. Also, we don’t use the term “morbid” to describe any other disease. …

Medicalizing Obesity: Individual, Economic, …

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/medicalizing-obesity-individual-economic-and-medical-consequences/2011-12

Medicalizing Obesity: Individual, Economic, and Medical Consequences George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD Defining Medicalization As Sadler and colleagues [1] define it, …