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What is Obesity?
Obesity is a disease of excess body fat. It is a poorly understood, chronic, metabolic disease that is caused by multiple factors, such as:
- excessive food and calorie intake
- decreased physical activity
- genetic or inherited causes
- medical conditions
- environmental and social conditions
- medications (antidepressants, steroids, insulin and other medications to manage)
Obesity is commonly measured by Body Mass Index (BMI).
Click here to find our your BMI using our online calculator.
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