A status with BODY WEIGHT that is grossly above the recommended standards, usually due to accumulation of excess FATS in the body. The standards may vary with age, sex, genetic or cultural background. In the BODY MASS INDEX, a BMI greater than 30.0 kg/m2 is considered obese, and a BMI greater than 40.0 kg/m2 is considered morbidly obese (MORBID OBESITY).
    

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The world's biggest boy.

Schooled on fat : what teens tell us about gender, body image, and obesity / Nicole Taylor.

Obesity: the indications for reduction cures / translated from the German by A.C. Croftan.

Top tips for top kids : change 4 life : eat well, move more, live longer / produced by COI for the Department of Health.

AppleSlim : so simple, so slim with AppleSlim / Bional.