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A morbidly obese person is someone who is very overweight to the point that it can often cause a shorter lifespan and health problems.
According to the BMI scale:
Underweight: < 18.5
Ideal: 18.5-24.9
Overweight: 25-29.9
Obese: 30-39.9
Morbidly obese: 40-49.9
Super morbidly obese: 50+
BMI (Body Mass Index) is a calculation of height and weight.
The term morbid obesity means that you weigh twenty percent or more of your ideal body weight. There are charts that will tell you how much you should weigh according to your height.
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Clinically severe obesity is also known as?
morbid obesity
What is the term used to describe a person who is over fat?
Overweight, when things get too serious it is called obesity and sometimes morbid obesity.
What is the definition of bariatric?
Bariatrics is the prevention of morbid obesity, and is often referred to when speaking of gastric bypass surgery. Morbid obesity is a great problem here in the US.
How do you determine morbid obesity?
look in the mirror fatty
Is morbid obesity a disease?
Morbid Obesity is more of a condition than a disease. You can't 'catch' morbid obesity from someone else. Instead, you inflict it upon yourself by eating too much and exercising too little. Morbid obesity is defined as someone having a BMI of greater than 40. Luckily, it's fairly straightforward to treat. Simply reduce the calories you eat by having healthier meals and increase the exercise you do and you'll lose weight fairly rapidly.
Where can I find out more about morbid obesity surgery?
http://www.obeseinfo.com/ this is a website specifically for morbid obesity surgery tips and information. It gives information like expected weight loss, basic information, etc.
Scientific name for- dangerously overweight?
Metric: BMI = kg / m2* Any BMI > 40 is severe obesity * A BMI of 40.0-49.9 is morbid obesity * A BMI of >50 is super obesity- AlphaRecommend me if u like this....
Drug uses for Methamphetamine?
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What is the process to treat morbid obesity by reducing the size of the stomach?
This is called a Gastric Bypass
What weight is morbid obesity?
People are considered morbid obese when their BMI (body mass index) is over 40. Also when their 140 percent of their ideal body weight.
The condition of weighing two or three times or more the ideal weight?
Morbid obesity (MO)
The condition of weighing two or three times more than the ideal weight is called?
Morbid obesity
