Obesity is defined as an excessive accumulation of body fat, believed to contribute to a variety of health disorders, including cardiovascular disease. Moreover, Obesity is the excess of body fat resulting in a body mass index (a ratio of weight to height) of 30 or more; having a body ...
(Obesityisdefinedasexcessbodyfat.)體重增加導致肥胖的生理機制 熱量攝取 熱量消耗 大於 肥胖到底是怎麼回事？•脂肪堆積 –肥胖是身體儲存有過多的脂肪組織，脂肪組織主要存在皮下組織、腸繫膜、臟器周圍等處，由脂肪細胞構成。–肥胖者的脂肪細胞較大，脂肪細胞數目亦較多。–身體儲存和製造的三酸甘油酯過多，造成...
Obesity has been recognized as a global epidemic by WHO, followed by many empirical evidences to prove its infectiousness. However, the inter-person spreading dynamics of obesity are seldom studied. A distinguishing feature of the obesity epidemic is that it is driven by a social contagion process...
Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. A body mass index (BMI) over 25 is considered overweight, and over 30 is obese. The issue has grown to epidemic proportions, with over four million people dying each year as a result...
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification, 'normal weight' is defined as BMI between 18.5 and 25 kg/m 2 , 'overweight' is BMI between 25 and 30 kg/m 2 , and obesity is defined as a BMI of 30 kg/m 2 or greater.DefinitionObesity is a condition in which excess...
defined as a 15–20 percent increase over ideal body weight. However, today the definitions of overweight and obesity are based primarily on measures of height and weight—notmorbidity. These measures are used to calculate a number known asbody mass index(BMI). This number, which is central ...
a Obesity defined as pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m2. kg, kilograms. Gestational weight gain (GWG) data presented as mean ± SD. Empty cells due to data not identified in the original report or through contact with the primary author. 3.3. What is the risk for LGA ...
In the case of children, overweight and obesity is defined as BMI at or above sex- and age-specific 85th and 95th percentiles from the 2000 CDC Growth Charts (see Kuczmarski et al.2002). Earlier studies referred to children with BMI between the 85th and 95th percentiles as “at risk of...
The USPSTF uses the following terms to define categories of increased BMI: “overweight” is a BMI of 25 to 29.9 and “obesity” is a BMI of 30 or higher. Obesity can be categorized as class 1 (BMI of 30.0 to 34.9), class 2 (BMI of 35.0 to 39.9), or class 3 (BMI of ≥40) ...
Obesity is a growing problem in many areas of the world. According to the World Health Organization, more than 4 million people die every year due to obesity or overweight. Obesity Symptoms Doctors have traditionally used body mass index (BMI) as a tool to determine whether someone is overweig...