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| Obesity - diagnosis and treatment * [Go Back to Keywords List Page]  | diagnosis and treatment *
Obesity is generally defined as the condition of weighing
20% or more over your ideal weight. You can find the ideal
weight for your height and sex from a weight chart. Forty
million Americans are obese. Thirty percent of men and 40%
of women between the ages of 40 and 49 are at least 20% over
their ideal weight. Obesity increases as people age.
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