Medically reviewed by Karina Tolentino, RD Being overweight is defined as having more body fat than is ideal for good health.

Obesity is a complex health issue with many misconceptions. It's not just a personal problem, and not all obese are unhealthy ...

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She elaborated: "My doctor went ahead and put on my chart that I was now considered morbidly obese, which scared me to death. You hear those words... the word morbid is very, very scary and having ...

Another study looked at sudden death as a result of heart disease in morbid obesity. Seven massively obese patients had severe coronary artery disease at the time of unexpected death. This ...

The reliance of the Cockcroft-Gault equation on weight as a key variable has reduced its accuracy in patients with obesity. Improved approaches to body-size description using LBW provide an ...

We look at a BMI, which is Body Mass Index. If it's above 30, it is considered obesity, if it's above 40, it is considered morbid obesity. I also highly recommend avoiding alcohol, narcotics ...

Foschi and colleagues used botulinum toxin A (BTX) to inhibit muscle contraction in the gastric wall in morbidly obese patients and assessed the subsequent changes in food intake and body weight.

Morbid obesity Abdulla Alqattan, who struggled with morbid obesity and had a BMI of about 42, is now relieved after undergoing surgery and post-operative care. This led to a weight loss of 35kg in ...