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What is Morbid Obesity?
Morbid obesity is a term used a lot lately in the media to describe the gaining weight of people around the world. So just what is the definition? I was actually surprised by the actual definition. I always thought that morbidly obese people where ones who where as wide as they were tall, but this is not accurate. You do not have to be overly large to be considered morbidly obese.
A person is considered morbidly obese if their body mass index is above 40. This number drops to greater than 35 if they have other health problems such as diabetes or heart problems as well as other life threatening issues. People who are morbidly obese have a much higher chance of developing a lot of medical problems from heart failure, to diabetes, to cancer. There are a lot of health problems that can be attributed to obesity and the risk of these health problems increase as your BMI rises. There are many BMI calculators on the internet that you can use to see if you are classified as morbidly obese.
There are many reasons why morbid obesity is so bad and these have absolutely nothing to do with cosmetics. Many people want to be thin because they want to be attractive. Who defines attractive anyway. Our culture shows you all
According to the American Obesity Association, obese people have a 50-100 per cent increased risk of death as compared to normal weight individuals. Severe obesity is associated with a significant increase in morbidity. Attempts to manage morbid obesity with medical weight
There are quite a few things that can result in a person becoming morbidly obese and they range from genetics to physical conditions. Some of these are controllable through life style changes but some are not controllable by the person
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