What is Morbid Obesity? 什么是病态肥胖? 通过确定体重指数(BMI)诊断出病态肥胖。 BMI由一个人的身高与其体重之比定义,公式: 体重指数 BMI (body mass index)=体重(kg)/身高(m) 低体重:BMI小于18...
Grade 2 overweight (commonly called obesity) - BMI of 30-39.9 kg/m2 Grade 3 overweight (commonly called severe or morbid obesity) - BMI greater than or equal to 40 kg/m2 The cut-off for each grade varies according to an individual’s ethnic background. For example, a BMI of 23 kg/...
The association between obesity and psychological disorders has gained attention as the prevalence of obesity has rapidly increased in recent decades. Prevalence of obesity in people with psychological disorders has grown as fast or faster than in the ge
Morbid obesity: a significant risk factor for failure of two-stage revision total hip arthroplasty for infection. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2015;97(4):326.Houdek MT, Wagner ER, Watts CD,et al. Morbid obesity: a signifi- cant risk factor ...
s with overweight and 30.0 and above with obesity.Morbid obesity (also known as extreme, or severe, obesity) is defined as a BMI of 40.0 or higher. (Seenutritional disease: Diet and chronic disease.) The obesity epidemic Body weight is influenced by the interaction of multiple factors. ...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook overweight (redirected fromObesity Task Force classification) Thesaurus Medical Financial Encyclopedia o·ver·weight (ō′vər-wāt′) adj. Weighing more than is normal, necessary, or allowed, especially having more body weight than is considered normal or healthy...
Obesityisanexcessproportionoftotalbodyfat.Apersonisconsideredobesewhenhisorherweightis20%ormoreabovenormalweight.Themostcommonmeasureofobesityisthebodymassindex,orBMI(BMI=Weight/Height².)ApersonisconsideredoverweightifhisorherBMIisbetween25and29.9;apersonisconsideredobeseifhisorherBMIisover30.•“Morbid（...
, thebody mass index(BMI), is calculated by dividing the weight in kilograms (2.2 pounds per kilogram) by the square of the height in meters (39.37 inches per meter). A BMI of 25 or more is considered overweight; 30 or more is considered obesity; and 40 or more, morbid obesity....
Class III:In this category, your BMI is 40 or above. Morbid obesity You might have heard the term "morbid obesity" to refer to obesity that's likely to pose serious threats to your health. Doctors formerly used to use this phrase to describe what they now call class III obesity. ...
Obesitydoi:10.1002/9781118898536.ch43body mass index (BMI)childhood obesitymorbid obesityweight reductionKay GibbonsZo McCallumMatthew SabinJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd