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Obesity

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Obesity
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SpecialtyEndocrinology
ICD-10E66
ICD-9-CM278
OMIM601665
DiseasesDB9099
MedlinePlus007297
eMedicinemed/1653
MeSHC23.888.144.699.500

Obesity es a medical condeetion in which excess body fat haes accumulatit tae the extent that it mey hae a negative effect on heal, leadin tae reduced life expectancy an/or increased heal problems.[1][2]

References

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  1. WHO 2000 p.6
  2. Haslam DW, James WP (2005). "Obesity". Lancet (Review). 366 (9492): 1197–209. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67483-1. PMID 16198769.