WHAT IS OBESITY?

Obesity is an excess proportion of body fat. A person is considered to be obese if his or weight is 20% more than or more than the average body weight. Morbid obesity is when a person is 50%-100% heavier than the normal weight.

Obesity is caused by many things:

• Age
• Gender
• Medication
• Physical Activity
• Environmental Factors
• Physiological Factors
• Illness
• Genetics

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