What is Obesity? Obesity is a disease so should be treated accordingly WHO defines “ Obesity as an abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. ” It is a disease and not just side effect of overeating which can be taken casually. A very simple technique of measuring Obesity is BMI, which is calculated as follows: i.e. A person’s weight (in kilograms) divided by the square of his or her height (in meters). A very simple and straight forward measurement that draws the results as follows: · BMI> 25- Overweight · BMI> 30- Obese · BMI> 40- Morbidly Obese A person with a BMI of 30 or more is generally considered obese. A person with a BMI equal to or more than 25 is considered overweight. But if the BMI is above 40, it is considered as chronic obesity. Few Key Facts about Obesity* · Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975. · In 2016, more than 1.9 billion ad
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