What is morbid obesity? |
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According to the National Institutes of Health, when a person weighs 20% more than his or hers ideal body weight, they are considered obese. When a persons weight becomes such that it significantly increases the risk of one or more obesity-related diseases or health issues, that person is considered to have morbid-obesity. There are 97 million people in the United States that are considered overweight or obese, that’s one-third of the population. Of those, 5-19 million are considered morbidly obese. Morbid obesity is a chronic disease, that’s symptoms build slowly over time. Trackback(0)
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