Obesity (definition)

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Definition: A status with BODY WEIGHT that is grossly above the acceptable or desirable weight, usually due to accumulation of excess FATS in the body. The standards may vary with age, sex, genetic or cultural background. In the BODY MASS INDEX, a BMI greater than 30.0 kg/m2 is considered obese, and a BMI greater than 40.0 kg/m2 is considered morbidly obese (MORBID OBESITY).

OBESITY, MORBID is also available; obese hyperglycemic mice are indexed MICE, OBESE: do not add OBESITY or HYPERGLYCEMIA unless disease particularly discussed
See Also Anti-Obesity Agents; Appetite Depressants; Bariatrics; Body Weight; Diet, Reducing; Lipectomy; Skinfold Thickness
Examples Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome; Obesity, Abdominal; Obesity, Morbid; Prader-Willi Syndrome

Substance	CAS Registry & name	Categories	Source
MEDA-7 protein, human	0	*Cytokines Obesity.	Diabetologia. 2011 Sep;54(9):2368-80
Contrave	0	Naltrexone Bupropion Obesity/drug therapy Drugs, Investigational.	Drugs R D. 2010;10(1):25-32
4-hydroxybenzoic acid 2-bromobenzylidene hydrazide	0	Benzene Derivatives Hydrocarbons, Brominated Obesity/drug therapy.	Diabetes Obes Metab. 2011 Aug;13(8):742-9
Camera Marugo Cohen syndrome	0	Obesity Lordosis Intellectual Disability Muscle Weakness.
Ayazi syndrome	0	Deafness/congenital Obesity *Choroideremia.
MEHMO syndrome	0	Epilepsy Hypogonadism Microcephaly Obesity *Mental Retardation, X-Linked Genitalia/abnormalities.
MORM syndrome	0	Abnormalities, Multiple Eye Diseases Intellectual Disability Obesity *Penile Diseases.	Eur J Hum Genet. 2006;14(5):543-8
Young Hughes syndrome	0	Growth Disorders Hypogonadism Intellectual Disability Obesity *Sex Chromosome Aberrations.	J Ment Defic Res. 1982;26(Pt 3):153-62
Wilson-Turner X-linked mental retardation syndrome	0	Obesity Gynecomastia *Mental Retardation, X-Linked.
Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome	0	Epilepsy Growth Disorders Hypogonadism Obesity *Mental Retardation, X-Linked Face/abnormalities Fingers/abnormalities.
Vasquez Hurst Sotos syndrome	0	Gynecomastia Hypogonadism Intellectual Disability Obesity *Genetic Diseases, X-Linked.	J Pediatr. 1979;94(1):56-60
Cohen syndrome	0	Intellectual Disability Microcephaly Muscle Hypotonia Myopia *Obesity Developmental Disabilities Fingers/abnormalities.
Clark-Baraitser syndrome	0	Growth Disorders Hydrocephalus Obesity Facies *Mental Retardation, X-Linked.
Macrosomia obesity macrocephaly ocular abnormalities	0	Abnormalities, Multiple Coloboma Fetal Macrosomia Intellectual Disability Obesity Macrocephaly Head/abnormalities.
Biemond syndrome type 2	0	Coloboma Hypogonadism Intellectual Disability Obesity *Polydactyly.
TUB protein, human	0	*Proteins Obesity.	Diabetes 2006 Feb;55(2):385-9
Phase2 starch neutralizer	0	*Plant Extracts Obesity/drug therapy Phaseolus.	Altern Med Rev 2004 Mar;9(1):63-9
recombinant methionyl human leptin	0	Leptin/*analogs & derivatives Obesity/drug therapy.	JAMA 1999 Oct 27;282(16):1517-8
Tub protein, mouse	0	*Proteins Obesity.	Nature 1996 Apr 11;380(6574):534-8
Ro 22-0654	81741-99-3	*Thiophenes Obesity/drug therapy.	Life Sci 1984;34(25):2433
Eupond	77430-01-4	Choline Cycloheptanes *Inulin Drug Combinations Obesity/drug therapy.	Med Monatschr 25(12):554;1971

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