Obesity
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Increase in body weight beyond skeletal and physical standards as the result of an excessive accumulation of fat in the body. More than two times the ideal weight is considered OBESITY, MORBID. |
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/diet ther: consider also DIET, REDUCING; /drug ther: consider also ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS & APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; /surg permitted but more likely condition in which surg is performed is OBESITY, MORBID: see note there; obese hyperglycemic mice go under MICE |
Obesity Categories.
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Obesity, Morbid - The condition of weighing two, three, or more times the ideal weight, so called because it is associated with many serious and life-threatening disorders. |
Obesity Definitions and Terms
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