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

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   The problem is that in America, like everywhere else, our institutions of public health have become so obsessed with body weight that they have overlooked what is really killing us: our food supply. Diet is the leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for more than five times the fatalities of gun violence and car accidents ...

3. Overweight vs. Obesity: Do You Really Know the Difference? - AOL

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   Obesity is a disease characterized by having excessive body fat, increasing a person’s risk for many serious health problems, such as heart disease, diabetes, and even some cancers

4. 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 report's lead author Francesco Rubino, chair of bariatric and metabolic surgery at King’s College ...

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

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   That is because these methods can cause errors, such as incorrectly measuring body fat or misdiagnosing health issues related to obesity. A big part of the problem is relying too much on body mass ...

6. Obesity in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Obesity is a chronic health problem. It is one of the biggest factors for type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease.It is also associated with cancer (e.g. colorectal cancer), osteoarthritis, liver disease, sleep apnea, depression, and other medical conditions that affect mortality and morbidity.

7. 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.

8. About 40% of US adults are obese, government survey finds - AOL

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   Severe obesity really requires very intensive therapy,” he said. The CDC did not report new obesity numbers for kids and teens. That may come out later this year, Ogden said.

9. 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]