Communication with your doctor is a two-way street. You cannot expect him to ignore your weight issues because they directly relate to... Read more »
Obesity can lead to depression, and depression can lead to overeating, and overeating can lead to obesity, and around and around and... Read more »
Partly because we have become a sedentary society, there are more than 130 million Americans who are currently overweight or obese. There... Read more »
It's a shocking title to a blog. Unfortunately it's also true. When you carry significant amounts of extra weight, you are basically... Read more »
When thin people see someone who is overweight, many of them assume it's because all overweight people are slothful gluttons. Anyone... Read more »
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Nearly two-thirds of the United States population is overweight. There are many ways to determine if a person is overweight, but experts believe that... Read more »
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Article updated and reviewed by Hubert Chen, MD, Associate Director of Medical Sciences, Amgen Inc. and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine... Read more »
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The term morbid obesity refers to patients who are 50 - 100% -- or 100 pounds above -- their ideal body weight. Alternatively, a BMI (body mass... Read more »
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Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is a condition that occurs in obese people, in which poor breathing leads to lower oxygen levels and higher... Read more »
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General Adverse Effects of Obesity. Obesity, defined as a BMI of 30 or over, accounts for nearly 300,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. It is... Read more »