Defining Obesity
Obesity is often defined simply as a condition of abnormal or excessive fat accumulation in adipose tissue, to the extent that health may be impaired. However, obese individuals differ not only according to the degree of excess fat, which they store, but also in the regional distribution of the fat within the body. Indeed, excess abdominal fat is as great a risk factor for disease as is excess body fat per se (WHO 1998).
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