Obesity is linked
to traditional cardiovascular risk factors like, metabolic syndrome,
hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes, dyslipidemia,
diabetes mellitus, sleep apnoea syndrome, reduced insulin
sensitivity, enhanced free fatty acid turnover, increased basal sympathetic
tone, a hypercoagulable state, systemic inflammation and suspected to incur
increased morbidity and mortality.
Body Mass Index
(BMI) is a patient's weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters.
BMI to define
underweight, normal weight, overweight, and various classes of obesity
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