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- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Manchester_Community_College_(MCC)/BIOL_106%3A_Essentials_of_Anatomy_and_Physiology_(Anzalone)/13%3A_Nutrition/13.05%3A_ObesityObesity is a disease in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it is likely to have negative effects on health. Obesity is commonly diagnosed on the basis of the body mass index (BMI...Obesity is a disease in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it is likely to have negative effects on health. Obesity is commonly diagnosed on the basis of the body mass index (BMI). BMI is an estimate of body fatness based on a person's weight relative to his or her height. BMI is calculated by dividing a person's weight (in kilograms) by the square of the person's height (in meters).
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Canada_College/Human_Biology_Biol_011_Textbook/04%3A_Nutrition/4.05%3A_ObesityObesity is a disease in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it is likely to have negative effects on health. Obesity is commonly diagnosed on the basis of the body mass index (BMI...Obesity is a disease in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it is likely to have negative effects on health. Obesity is commonly diagnosed on the basis of the body mass index (BMI). BMI is an estimate of body fatness based on a person's weight relative to his or her height. BMI is calculated by dividing a person's weight (in kilograms) by the square of the person's height (in meters).
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Human_Biology/Human_Biology_(Wakim_and_Grewal)/04%3A_Nutrition/4.5%3A_ObesityObesity is a disease in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it is likely to have negative effects on health. Obesity is commonly diagnosed on the basis of the body mass index (BMI...Obesity is a disease in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it is likely to have negative effects on health. Obesity is commonly diagnosed on the basis of the body mass index (BMI). BMI is an estimate of body fatness based on a person's weight relative to his or her height. BMI is calculated by dividing a person's weight (in kilograms) by the square of the person's height (in meters).
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Workbench/Principles_of_the_Human_Body/5%3A_Nutrition/5.5%3A_ObesityObesity is a disease in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it is likely to have negative effects on health. Obesity is commonly diagnosed on the basis of the body mass index (BMI...Obesity is a disease in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it is likely to have negative effects on health. Obesity is commonly diagnosed on the basis of the body mass index (BMI). BMI is an estimate of body fatness based on a person's weight relative to his or her height. BMI is calculated by dividing a person's weight (in kilograms) by the square of the person's height (in meters).
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Butte_College/BC%3A_BIOL_2_-_Introduction_to_Human_Biology_(Grewal)/Text/04%3A_Nutrition/4.5%3A_ObesityEverybody needs food energy just to stay alive, but too much energy consumption, coupled with too little energy use, is too much of a good thing. People who consistently consume more food energy than ...Everybody needs food energy just to stay alive, but too much energy consumption, coupled with too little energy use, is too much of a good thing. People who consistently consume more food energy than they use may become obese like the woman pictured here.
