obesity

Also known as corpulence, overfatness, fatness, obese, human obesity

Obesity is a medical condition, considered by multiple organizations to be a disease, in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it can have negative effects on health. People are classified as obese when their body mass index (BMI)—a person's weight divided by the square of the person's height—is over ; the range is defined as overweight. Some East Asian countries use lower values to calculate obesity. Obesity is a major cause of disability and is correlated with various diseases and conditions, particularly cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apne

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Obesity is a medical condition where excess body fat accumulates to levels that can harm a person's health, typically determined by calculating a person's weight relative to their height (known as BMI). It is a major cause of disability and is linked to serious health problems like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and sleep apnea.

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Key facts

Medical condition.causes: Excessive consumption of energy-dense foods, sedentary work and lifestyles and lack of physical activity, changes in modes of transportation, urbanization, lack of supportive policies, lack of access to a healthy diet, genetics
Medical condition.diagnosis: BMI >
Medical condition.prevention: Societal changes, changes in the food industry, access to a healthy lifestyle, personal choices
Medical condition.treatment: Diet, exercise, medications, surgery
Medical condition.prognosis: Reduced life expectancy
Medical condition.frequency: Over 1 billion / 12.5% (2022)
Medical condition.deaths: 2.8 million people per year
Medical condition.name: Obesity
Medical condition.image: File:FatCT2008 (cropped).JPG
Medical condition.caption: Abdominal computed tomography of an obese person showing excess abdominal adiposity
Medical condition.field: Endocrinology, bariatrics
Medical condition.symptoms: Increased fat
Medical condition.complications: Cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, certain types of cancer, osteoarthritis, depression

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Research

545,859 papers

Obesity Phenotypes, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Diseases.ReviewCirculation research · 2020Piché ME, Tchernof A, Després JPDOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.120.316101
Current Treatments for Patients with Genetic Obesity.ReviewJournal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology · 2023Faccioli N, Poitou C, Clément K et al.DOI: 10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2023.2023-3-2
Obesity and female infertility: potential mediators of obesity's impact.ReviewFertility and sterility · 2017Broughton DE, Moley KHDOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.01.017
The hematologic consequences of obesity.ReviewEuropean journal of haematology · 2021Purdy JC, Shatzel JJDOI: 10.1111/ejh.13560
Humans against Obesity: Who Will Win?Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Caballero BDOI: 10.1093/advances/nmy055
Obesity's Impact.The Nursing clinics of North America · 2021Golden ADOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2021.08.004
The (dys)regulation of energy storage in obesity.ReviewPhysiological reviews · 2025Levin BE, Geary N, Lutz TADOI: 10.1152/physrev.00002.2024
Obesity phenotypes and their paradoxical association with cardiovascular diseases.ReviewEuropean journal of internal medicine · 2018Vecchié A, Dallegri F, Carbone F et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2017.10.020

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Wikidata facts

Image: Obesity-waist circumference.svg

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Commons category: Obesity
NCI Thesaurus ID: C3283
ICPC 2 ID: T82
P8168: Domitia Paulina
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001513
ICD-9-CM: 278.00
WordLift URL: data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/obesity

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Contents

Classification
Effects on health
Mortality
Morbidity
Metrics of health
Survival paradox
Causes
Diet
Sedentary lifestyle
Genetics
Other illnesses
Drug-induced obesity
Social determinants
Gut bacteria
Other factors
Pathophysiology
Management
Health policy
Medical interventions
Medication
Surgery
Epidemiology
History
Etymology
Historical attitudes
The arts
Society and culture
Economic impact
Socioeconomic status
Size acceptance
Industry influence on research
Reports
Childhood obesity
Statistics
Other animals
See also
References
Citations
Further reading
External links

Obesity has individual, socioeconomic, and environmental causes. Some known causes are diet, low physical activity, automation, urbanization, genetic susceptibility, medications, mental disorders, economic policies, endocrine disorders, and exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals.