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• Obesity — Cla …   Wikipedia

• Obesity Treatments and Medical Research — Obesity and its associated diseases are now one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite the scale of this problem, successful preventative and treatment options for overweight and obesity remain limited. Dr Rachel… …   Wikipedia

• Obesity in the United States — Historical U.S. Obesity Rate, 1960 2004.[1] Obesity in the United States has been increasingly cited as a major health issue in recent decades. While many industrialized countries have experienced similar increases, obesity rates in the United… …   Wikipedia

• Obesity-associated morbidity — Gynecomastia as seen in an obese male. Whether obesity should be considered a disease on its own, it is also an important risk factor for many chronic physical and mental illnesses.[1] …   Wikipedia

• obesity — o·be·si·ty (ō bēʹsĭ tē) n. The condition of being obese; increased body weight caused by excessive accumulation of fat. * * * Excessive body fat. It is usually caused by sedentary habits and a diet high in fat, alcohol, or total calories.… …   Universalium

• android obesity — obesity in which fat is localized around the waist and in the upper body, most frequently seen in men and having a poorer prognosis for morbidity and mortality than the gynoid type. Called also abdominal or visceral o. Cf. gynoid o …   Medical dictionary

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• Gynecoid obesity — A fat distribution generally characteristic of that of a woman, around the hips, etc. Gynecoid means like a woman, womanly, female. The word gynecoid comes from the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman. Gyneco , gyno , gyn , and gyne are combining… …   Medical dictionary

• visceral obesity — android o.; so called from the theory that deep intra abdominal (visceral) fat plays a large role in the associated morbidity and mortality …   Medical dictionary

• endocrine system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction  group of ductless glands (gland) that regulate body processes by secreting chemical substances called hormones (hormone). Hormones act on nearby tissues or are carried in the bloodstream to act on specific target organs… …   Universalium

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