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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 83. Chapters: Endocrine system, Hypoglycemia, Rickets, Lactose intolerance, Obesity, Hyperglycemia, David Sarwer, Childhood obesity, ICD-10 Chapter IV: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, Selfish Brain Theory, Congenital disorder of glycosylation, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Galactosemic cataract, Urbach-Wiethe disease, Inborn error of metabolism, Fructose malabsorption, List of ICD-9 codes 240-279: endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders, Galactosemia, Methemoglobinemia, Congenital hyperinsulinism, Alcohol flush reaction, Tumor lysis syndrome, Crigler-Najjar syndrome, Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, Barth syndrome, Ketotic hypoglycemia, Refeeding syndrome, Salicylate sensitivity, Stress hyperglycemia, Sitosterolemia, Obesogen, Metab-L, Schindler disease, Danon disease, Adenosine deaminase deficiency, Triosephosphate isomerase deficiency, Healthy Child Healthy India, X-linked hypophosphatemia, Pycnodysostosis, Hereditary fructose intolerance, Pickardt syndrome, Activated protein C resistance, Rotor syndrome, Antithrombin III deficiency, Winchester syndrome, Sucrose intolerance, Spontaneous hypoglycemia, Acatalasia, Haemodialysis-associated amyloidosis, Disorders of calcium metabolism, Hereditary hyperbilirubinemia, Hypercalciuria, Hyperlysinuria, Sugar crash, Metabolic myopathy, Garrod's tetrad, Ectopic calcification. Excerpt: Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems. Body mass index (BMI), a measurement which compares weight and height, defines people as overweight (pre-obese) if their BMI is between 25 and 30 kg/m, and obese when it is greater than 30 kg/m. Obesity increases the likelihood of various diseases, ...
