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Obesity
A community portal about Obesity with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Obesity is a condition in which the natural energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissue of humans and other mammals, is increased to a point... [more]
A community portal about Obesity with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Obesity is a condition in which the natural energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissue of humans and other mammals, is increased to a point where it is a risk factor for certain health conditions or increased mortality. Obesity develops from the interaction of individual biology and the environment. Excessive body weight has been shown to predispose to various diseases, particularly cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus type 2, sleep apnea, and osteoarthritis. Obesity is both an individual clinical condition and is increasingly viewed as a serious public health problem.
Find out more about the causes of obesity and what you can do about it.Overweight and obesity is no longer just a problem in the United States. Even in Europe more and more people are suffering under either overweight or obese. One speaks of overweight as a BMI of 25 - 29.9. Obesity "starts" from a BMI of over 30.The BMI (Body Mass Index) is calculated as follows: weight in kg / height in meters (squared).The statistics paints a bleak picture...
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