Category Archives: Overweight

Obesity and being overweight

Globally, there are more than 1 billion overweight adults, and at least 300 million of them suffer from obesity. Both have reached epidemic proportions worldwide and both are major contributors to the global burden of chronic diseases and disabilities. Obesity rates have skyrocketed since the 1980′s, up to three-fold in certain areas of the U.S. … Continue reading

A New Level of Overweight – Super Obesity

Obesity is a preventable disease of excess body fat. Extremely overweight individuals, those with a BMI of over 50, are relegated to the section of Class III obesity, or super obesity, which was also termed malignant obesity. 60 BMI and greater is classified as super-super obesity. Typically, given a standard deviation of height, the actual … Continue reading