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A complex medical condition shaped by genetics, environment, and biology, often misunderstood and unfairly judged.
means The medical condition of carrying an amount of body fat large enough to raise the risk of health problems.
from From Latin obesitas, built from obesus meaning 'having eaten until fat' — ob- 'over, completely' plus edere 'to eat,' the past participle twisting from 'eaten away' to 'fattened by eating.' The word entered English in the 1600s as a clinical term borrowed straight from Latin medical writing, carrying none of the moralizing baggage it's since been loaded with.
- definition
- BMI of 30 or higher, a crude but official line
- root cause
- biology and environment conspire, willpower barely invited
- global trend
- tripled worldwide since 1975
- hormone culprit
- leptin resistance tricks your brain into fake hunger