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“Obesity” Metadata:

  • Title: Obesity
  • Author: ➤  
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 265
  • Publisher: ➤  World Health Organization, Division of Noncommunicable Disease, Programme of Nutrition Family and Reproductive Health - World Health Organization
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  • Publish Location: Geneva

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  • First Year Published: 1998
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Printdisabled

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    Abdominal obesity

    Abdominal obesity, also known as central obesity and truncal obesity, is the human condition of an excessive concentration of visceral fat around the stomach

    Obesity

    overweight. Some East Asian countries use lower values to calculate obesity. Obesity is a major cause of disability and is correlated with various diseases

    Childhood obesity

    directly are difficult, the diagnosis of obesity is often based on BMI. Due to the rising prevalence of obesity in children and its many adverse health

    Body mass index

    as an indicator of relative obesity". The interest in an index that measures body fat came with observed increasing obesity in prosperous Western societies

    Bariatric surgery

    surgery or weight loss surgery) is a surgical procedure used to manage obesity and obesity-related conditions. Long term weight loss with bariatric surgery

    Obesity hypoventilation syndrome

    lead to heart failure and leg swelling. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome is defined as the combination of obesity and an increased blood carbon dioxide

    Anorectic

    Anti-obesity medication Lemke, Thomas L.; Williams, David A., eds. (2012). "Anorexiants as Pharmacologic Agents in the Management of Obesity". Foye's

    List of MeSH codes (G07)

    weight MeSH G07.290.100.160.120.699 – overweight MeSH G07.290.100.160.120.699.500 – obesity MeSH G07.290.100.160.120.699.500.500 – obesity, morbid MeSH G07

    Metabolic syndrome

    abdominal obesity to cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes and stroke. Psychosocial stress is also linked to heart disease. Central obesity is a key

    Hernia

    rejection of the mesh that is used to repair the hernia. In the event of a mesh rejection, the mesh will very likely need to be removed. Mesh rejection can