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What is up with obesity?
They claim that the vast majority of Americans today are obease. This word gets thrown arond more than the word " and " .
Growing up in the 70' and 80's when a person was referred to as obease this meant that their weight posed a serious risk to his or her health and physical well being .
These days if your 10 pounds iver your ideal weight your obease.
Kind of makes me wonder how nany of these illeged (< spelling ) obease people are not even visibly over weight.
Ok David .Then explain why i'm 5'9" weigh 172 pounds and my doctor says i'm obease. A person of my hight and build should weigh between 140 and 160 pound . In my mind an extra 12 pounds is not significant in fact most don't even notice it.
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- .Lv 73 weeks agoFavorite Answer
No, these days you are NOT considered obese if you are 10 lbs over your ideal weight (although SOME misinformed people use the word inappropriately). Obese = 50 or more lbs over your recommended. Morbidly obese = 100 or more lbs over your recommended. (not the spelling is "obese" not "obease")
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If your doctor told you that you're obese at 5'9" and 172, then find a new doctor because that one is misusing the word, dramatically.
- ?Lv 63 weeks ago
If a person does have obesity and excess weight, this can increase their risk of developing a number of health conditions, including metabolic syndrome, arthritis, and some types of cancer. Metabolic syndrome involves a collection of issues, such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
Source(s): https://myledubai.ae/ - Andy CLv 73 weeks ago
Regardless of the fat amount, the risk of our health is DIRE.
Metabolic syndrome causes 85% of obesity and IT kills, manifesting as diabetes II, most heart disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
It's real.
It's also easily reversed by eating whole foods, water, unsweetened teas and unflavored milk, ONLY.
AKA the human diet.
- NonplussedLv 63 weeks ago
"Obesity" is an actual medical diagnosis. The clinical definition is when someone's weight exceeds 20% of what their ideal is. So if you should weigh 140, then 20% is 28 lbs, meaning anything over 168 makes you obese.
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- David KLv 63 weeks ago
You are wrong. The statements about obese people are true. They are significantly overweight, not just a few pounds.
