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What is Obesity
What Is Obesity?
Obesity results from the excessive accumulation of fat that exceeds the body’s skeletal and physical standards. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today 97 million Americans, more than one-third of the adult population, are overweight or obese. An estimated 5 to 10 million of those are considered morbidly obese.
What Is Morbid Obesity?
Morbid Obesity is a DISEASE!
Morbid obesity is typically defined as being 100 lbs. or more over ideal body weight or having a Body Mass Index of 40 or higher. According to the National Institutes of Health Consensus Report, is a disease and must be treated as such. It is a chronic disease, meaning that its symptoms build slowly over an extended period of time. One of the reults of the Framingham Study shows that: