ElsevierHealthcareHub
Elsevier has created the Obesity Healthcare Hub to help healthcare professionals address the obesity crisis. Here you will find clinical resources focused on the latest evidence-based practices for maintaining a healthy weight, as well as tools to engage in supportive conversations with your patients.
Obesity is an excess of body fat; in clinical practice, this is estimated by the relationship between height and weight (ie, BMI), taking into account age, ethnicity, fluid status, and muscularity
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Obesity refers to an excess of body fat; estimated clinically by the relationship between height and weight, taking into account the age and sex of the children
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