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Risk Factors
Where you live plays a role in your risk for obesity. Simply living in the United States makes a person more susceptible to obesity. The prevalence of obesity in America has risen dramatically over the past few years and continues to increase.
- According to a 2002 analysis of government data, 30.5% of American adults are obese (BMI over 30) -- up from about 23% in the early 1990s.
- The number of those who were overweight also increased during that time -- from about 56% to a current rate...
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Obesity Related Complications
General Adverse Effects of Obesity. Obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or over, accounts for nearly 300,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. It is associated with more... Read more »Causes of Obesity: Biological and Medical Causes
Biologic and Medical CausesObesity results when a person consumes more calories than energy. Several different factors may influence weight gain.About 90% of people who lose weight through dieting... Read more »Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Highlights
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...This may be an obvious conclusion, but the public press often plays up biologic factors involved with obesity and overlooks the simple notion: Americans eat too much and exercise too... Read more »Kidney Stones: Causes
...stonesare more likely to develop during the late stages ofpregnancy. Pregnant women tend to have a higher calcium intake, but their kidneys do no handle the calcium as well as they did prior to... Read more »Images
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