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A mother who feared she might lose custody of her obese 8-year-old son unless he lost weight was allowed to keep the boy after striking a deal Tuesday with social workers to ... (more...)

An adult who has a BMI between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight. An adult who has a BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese. See the following table for an example. (more...)

Definition of obese from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. (more...)

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The surgical literature breaks down "class III" obesity into further catergories. Any BMI > 40 is severe obesity; A BMI of 40.0?49.9 is morbid obesity; A BMI of >50 is super obese (more...)

Doctors ought to quit using fuzzy terms to define children?s weight problems and instead refer to truly fat kids as overweight or obese, a committee of medical experts ... (more...)

Preposition: as. woman: Women in routine occupations are twice as likely to be obese as women in professional occupations. Adjective complement with noun phrase (more...)

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Online Medical Dictionary and glossary with medical definitions ... Obese: Well above ones normal weight. A person has traditionally been considered to be obese if they are more ... (more...)

Statistics on Obesity & Obesity Related Disease ... Latest Obesity Statistics USA Obesity Rates Reach Epidemic Proportions 58 Million Overweight; 40 Million Obese ... (more...)