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

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   A panel of global experts explains why BMI is not the most helpful measurement of body weight, and how else doctors can diagnose obesity. Image credit: VICTOR TORRES/Stocksy.

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. A new definition of obesity goes beyond BMI. What this could ...

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   For these people, obesity is a risk factor and should be addressed as such to reduce the risk of chronic conditions developing, but they do not yet have medical complications caused by obesity.

5. Obesity - Wikipedia

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   People with obesity are also paid less than their counterparts who do not live with obesity for an equivalent job; women with obesity on average make 6% less and men with obesity make 3% less. [241]: 30 Specific industries, such as the airline, healthcare and food industries, have special concerns.

6. Obesity in the Middle East and North Africa - Wikipedia

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   Obesity rates were twice as high in urban areas than in rural areas. [40] Obesity is culturally seen as a representation of beauty and success. A woman who is of a healthy weight is not as desirable (like in certain other Arabic nations). There is a lack of knowledge about the life-threatening medical conditions that result from obesity. [40]

7. Normal weight obesity - Wikipedia

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   Normal weight obesity (colloquially, being "skinny fat") is the condition of having normal body weight, but with a high body fat percentage, leading to some of the same health risks as obesity. Definition

8. Everything You Know About Obesity Is Not Wrong - AOL

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   Last week, HuffPost published a story called, " Everything You Know About Obesity is Wrong." In it, the author, Michael Hobbes, weaves science and people's stories together to challenge popular ...

9. Social stigma of obesity - Wikipedia

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   [29] [92] [72] In a 2010 review examining whether weight stigma is an appropriate public health tool for treating and preventing overweight and obesity, Puhl and Heuer concluded that stigmatizing individuals with obesity is detrimental in three important ways: (1) it threatens actual physical health, (2) it perpetuates health disparities, and ...