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... > Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Nutrition Disorders > Overnutrition > Overweight > Obesity > Obesity, Morbid
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Obesity, Morbid  

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Definition

  • The condition of weighing two, three, or more times the ideal weight, so called because it is associated with many serious and life-threatening disorders. In the BODY MASS INDEX, morbid obesity is defined as having a BMI greater than 40.0 kg/m2.

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  • Morbid Obesity
  • Obesity, Severe

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