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2. Obesity - Wikipedia

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   Complications are either directly caused by obesity or indirectly related through mechanisms sharing a common cause such as a poor diet or a sedentary lifestyle. The strength of the link between obesity and specific conditions varies. One of the strongest is the link with type 2 diabetes. Excess body fat underlies 64% of cases of diabetes in ...

3. 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]

4. Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong - The Huffington Post

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   Many of the financial and administrative structures doctors work within help reinforce this bad behavior. The problem starts in medical school, where, according to a 2015 survey, students receive an average of just 19 hours of nutrition education over four years of instruction—five hours fewer than they got in 2006. Then the trouble compounds ...

5. The Top 5 Diseases Caused by Obesity - AOL

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   Climbing obesity rates around the world aren't a concern; they've now become a full-fledged problem. Source: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. In the "Global Burden of Disease" report from ...

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. Experts Want Obesity Defined Beyond BMI - AOL

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   While many studies have shown that obesity is associated with chronic health problems including Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, there is less research to concretely prove it causes these ...

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

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   "Obesity is a complex problem and has different significance at the individual level," the ... clinicians should assess individuals to determine whether obesity may have caused any organ ...

9. Epidemiology of obesity - Wikipedia

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   Obesity has been observed throughout human history. Many early depictions of the human form in art and sculpture appear obese. [2] However, it was not until the 20th century that obesity became common — so much so that, in 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) formally recognized obesity as a global epidemic [3] and estimated that the worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly tripled ...