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[[File:New WHO BMI Classification System.jpg|350px450px|thumb|leftrigh|''Figure O for Obesity'']]
'''Obesity''' is a condition in which a person has too much body fat. Historically, a BMI > 25 was considered overweight and BMI > 30 was considered obese.
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The first suggested revision came in July of 2013 when the [[American Medical Association]] supported raising the BMI cutoff for obese from 30 to 35, thereby refusing obesity rates by 42%.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2013/07/raising-obesity-bmi-classification-to-35-would-cut-obesity-rates-by-37/ Raising Obesity BMI Classification to 35 Would Cut Obesity Rates by 42%]</ref> Unfortunately, this measure never materialized. However, on October 5, 2016, the [[World Health Organization]] decided to give the United States a wake-up call by removing the word "obesity" and replacing it with the word American (see Figure O above).<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/10/new-bmi-classification/ BMI Classification Replaces Word “Obesity” with “American”]</ref>
'''Related Reading'''
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- [[DASH Diet]]
- [[Mediterranean Diet]]
- [[Nashville Hot Chicken]]
- [[Panniculus]]
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[[Category:Internal Medicine]]