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Obesity
Body weight with a
body-mass index
of over 30 kg/m2, i.e. marked
overweight
, which leads to impairment of health. Obesity is a risk factor for secondary diseases (particularly
metabolic syndrome
with
diabetes mellitus
,
hyperlipidaemia
,
hypercholesterolaemia
,
hypertension
,
arteriosclerosis
).
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