Diseases

Overweight

A status with BODY WEIGHT that is above certain standards. In the scale of BODY MASS INDEX, overweight is defined as having a BMI of 25.0-29.9 kg/m2. Overweight may or may not be due to increases in body fat (ADIPOSE TISSUE), hence overweight does not equal over fat.

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A status with BODY WEIGHT that is above certain standards. In the scale of BODY MASS INDEX, overweight is defined as having a BMI of 25.0-29.9 kg/m2. Overweight may or may not be due to increases in body fat (ADIPOSE TISSUE), hence overweight does not equal over fat.

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2006

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  • Obesity (1965-2005)

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  1. C18.654w.726w.750w
  2. C23.888w.144w.699w
  3. E01w.370.600w.115.450w.375w.699w
  4. G07.100.100.160.120w.699w
  5. G07.100.175w.313w.699w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Overweight. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D050177. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D050177
  2. Overweight. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overweight
  3. Overweight. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q332428