When Are You Considered Obese?

When is a person considered obese and not simply overweight? Obesity, or the excessive accumulation of body fat occurs when a person's weight is more than 20% above the average weight for people of his race and height. Obesity predisposes the obese person to conditions like diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), osteoarthritis and backache.

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