Morbid Obesity Overview

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Morbid obesity, also known as clinically severe obesity, is an abnormal obesity defined as the condition of having body weight over 100 lbs over an ideal body weight or having a body mass index of 40 or higher. The term reflects the fact that this kind of obesity becomes associated with significant morbidity by increasing the risk of various obesity-related medical conditions. Manuel Uribe and Michael Hebranko and in previous...


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What is it like living with super morbid obesity?
This could be yourself, or someone else you know. I'd love to hear people's experiences...

painful because you know that person is killing themselves slowly for others. That's how I feel about it.

Asked by johnmartin1097 - 7 months ago

morbid obesity?
how can anyone let themselves go to the point that they do. I'm talkin...

I don't know why some people get that obese if they could really control it. Some people can have a common thyroid problem which causes massive weight gain if not...

Asked by chester-fried - 16 months ago

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    . A preliminary autopsy on the the four-foot, ten-inch woman lists the cause of death as "morbid obesity A 480-pound Martin County woman has died after emergency workers tried to remove her from the...

    Jan 21, 2008

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    not morbidly obese, just obese. This post has been edited by Nater11:... happy 20th birthday. who would have thought, eh? This post has been edited by Captain_Trips...

    Jul 02, 2008

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    that off my chest. If anyone else is morbidly obese do you feel the same that... , sundays etc. My boss just had bypass surgery to help him with obesity. He has lost...

    Oct 20, 2008


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