Obesity
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A. Meiklejohn
Edinburgh Medical Journal
An excess of weight, more than 10 per cent, above the average for an individual's height, age, sex and race, is probably as much as can be allowed for peculiarities of body build.
Abstract
Many people consume more calories than their bodies need, and so become obese. There can be no precise definition of obesity, but an excess of weight, more than 10 per cent, above the average for an individual's height, age, sex and race, is probably as much as can be allowed for peculiarities of body build ; anything above this must be considered to be, at least, overweight. In many parts of the world it is customary to consider that, beyond