obesity
Sign in to saveObesity is a medical condition, considered by multiple organizations to be a disease, in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it can have negative effects on health. People are classified as obese when their body mass index (BMI)—a person's weight divided by the square of the person's height—is over ; the range is defined as overweight. Some East Asian countries use lower values to calculate obesity. Obesity is a major cause of disability and is correlated with various diseases and conditions, particularly cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apne
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Obesity is a medical condition where excess body fat accumulates to levels that can harm a person's health, typically determined by calculating a person's weight relative to their height (known as BMI). It is a major cause of disability and is linked to serious health problems like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and sleep apnea.
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Key facts
- Medical condition.causes
- Excessive consumption of energy-dense foods, sedentary work and lifestyles and lack of physical activity, changes in modes of transportation, urbanization, lack of supportive policies, lack of access to a healthy diet, genetics
- Medical condition.diagnosis
- BMI >
- Medical condition.prevention
- Societal changes, changes in the food industry, access to a healthy lifestyle, personal choices
- Medical condition.treatment
- Diet, exercise, medications, surgery
- Medical condition.prognosis
- Reduced life expectancy
- Medical condition.frequency
- Over 1 billion / 12.5% (2022)
- Medical condition.deaths
- 2.8 million people per year
- Medical condition.name
- Obesity
- Medical condition.image
- File:FatCT2008 (cropped).JPG
- Medical condition.caption
- Abdominal computed tomography of an obese person showing excess abdominal adiposity
Article
40 sectionsContents
- Classification
- Effects on health
- Mortality
- Morbidity
- Metrics of health
- Survival paradox
- Causes
- Diet
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Genetics
- Other illnesses
- Drug-induced obesity
- Social determinants
- Gut bacteria
- Other factors
- Pathophysiology
- Management
- Health policy
- Medical interventions
- Medication
- Surgery
- Epidemiology
- History
- Etymology
- Historical attitudes
- The arts
- Society and culture
- Economic impact
- Socioeconomic status
- Size acceptance
- Industry influence on research
- Reports
- Childhood obesity
- Statistics
- Other animals
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Further reading
- External links
Obesity is a medical condition, considered by multiple organizations to be a disease, in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it can have negative effects on health. People are classified as obese when their body mass index (BMI)—a person's weight divided by the square of the person's height—is over ; the range is defined as overweight. Some East Asian countries use lower values to calculate obesity. Obesity is a major cause of disability and is correlated with various diseases and conditions, particularly cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, certain types of cancer, and osteoarthritis.
Obesity has individual, socioeconomic, and environmental causes. Some known causes are diet, low physical activity, automation, urbanization, genetic susceptibility, medications, mental disorders, economic policies, endocrine disorders, and exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals.