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| Obesity as a medical problem |
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| Author(s): Kopelman PG |
| Source: NATURE Volume: 404 Issue: 6778 Pages: 635-643 Published: APR 6 2000 |
| Times Cited: 957 References: 68 |
| Abstract: Obesity is now so common within the world's population that it is beginning to replace undernutrition and infectious diseases as the mast significant contributor to ill health. In particular, obesity is associated with diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, certain forms of cancer, and sleep-breathing disorders. Obesity is defined by a body-mass index (weight divided by square of the height) of 30 kg m(-2) or greater, but this does not take into account the morbidity and mortality associated with more modest degrees of overweight, nor the detrimental effect of intra-abdominal fat. The global epidemic of obesity results from a combination of genetic susceptibility, increased availability of high-energy foods and decreased requirement for physical activity in modern society. Obesity should no longer be regarded simply as a cosmetic problem affecting certain individuals, but an epidemic that threatens global well being. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Kopelman, PG (reprint author), St Bartholomews & Royal London Sch Med, Univ London Queen Mary & Westfield Coll, London E1 2AD, England |
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1. St Bartholomews & Royal London Sch Med, Univ London Queen Mary & Westfield Coll, London E1 2AD, England |
| Publisher: MACMILLAN MAGAZINES LTD, PORTERS SOUTH, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLAND |
| Subject Category: Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| IDS Number: 303BC |
| ISSN: 0028-0836 |
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