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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. Classification of obesity - Wikipedia

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    Cross-sections of the torso of a person of normal weight (left) and an obese person (right), taken by CT scan. Note the 3.6 cm (1.4 inches) of subcutaneous fat on the obese person. Some obese people would present on abdominal CT with visceral fat and negligible subcutaneous fat instead. [40]

  4. Manuel Uribe - Wikipedia

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    Manuel Uribe Garza (11 June 1965 – 26 May 2014) was a Mexican man who was morbidly obese to one of the greatest extents known in recorded history. [1] After reaching a peak weight of around 600 kg (1,300 lb) [2] and having been unable to leave his bed since 2002, [3] he lost approximately 230 kg (510 lb)—over one third of his body weight—with the help of doctors and nutritionists by ...

  5. People ‘being misdiagnosed’ on obesity, say experts - AOL

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    It comes as the NHS has initiated the rollout of weight loss jabs for obese people meeting certain criteria. Today we've published final guidance for the weight loss medication tirzepatide (mounjaro).

  6. More than a billion people worldwide are obese, WHO ... - AOL

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    More than a billion people globally are now considered obese, a condition linked to an increased risk of numerous serious health problems, according to updated estimates from the World Health ...

  7. List of heaviest people - Wikipedia

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    Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959–1997), Hawaiian singer whose weight peaked at 343 kg (756 lb; 54 st 0 lb). Paul Kimelman (born 1947), holder of Guinness World Record for the greatest weight-loss in the shortest amount of time (1982). Billy and Benny McCrary, holders of Guinness World Records's World's Heaviest Twins.

  8. Star Jones talks open heart surgery, being 'morbidly obese ...

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    What are some changes that the average person can make in their daily lives to help combat heart disease? ... I had lost a bunch of weight after having been morbidly obese for the vast majority of ...

  9. Obesity - Wikipedia

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    Newer research has focused on methods of identifying healthier obese people by clinicians, and not treating obese people as a monolithic group. [81] Obese people who do not experience medical complications from their obesity are sometimes called (metabolically) healthy obese , but the extent to which this group exists (especially among older ...