Obesity is a chronic condition characterized by excessive bodily fat caused by a combination of genetic, behavioral, metabolic, hormonal, social, cultural, and psychological factors. A person is considered obese when their body mass index is above 30.
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- Obesidad.net Treat your obesity disease with free weight loss tips, diets and nutrition advice. Ask Dr. Goldberg and health forum.
- Mercer University School of Medicine - The Obesity Problem Tutorial on specific health risks associated with obesity and what can be done about it.
- Testing Knowledge - How Much Do You Know About Obesity? Quiz about obesity from the University of Virginia Health System.
- Center on an Aging Society - Obesity Among Older Americans At risk for chronic conditions and the groups most likely to be effected.
- Forbes - What The Obesity Epidemic Costs Us Infographic illustrates the $450 billion annual cost connected with being overweight in the U.S., from increased medical costs to jet fuel, diet products and clothing.
- BBC Science - What are the health risks of obesity? The impact of obesity in the UK: financial, related health problems, personal.
- Spine Universe - Back Pain and Obesity Connection of obesity to back pain and osteoporosis.
- PBS NewsHour - How U.S. Obesity Compares With Other Countries First in a series in which the PBS NewsHour and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, will explore how health care and health policy in OECD's 34 member countries compare with the United States.
- PBS NewsHour - Obesity in America: By the Numbers Startling statistics showing that American adults are expanding by the year, along with their children and health care costs.