Obesity, endogenous
Overweight caused by malfunction of the hormonal or metabolic system.
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- Obesity, exogenous
Overweight caused by consuming more food than the person’s activity level warrants, leading to increased fat storage.
- Obesity, gynecoid
A state of being overweight with fat distribution in a pattern that is generally characteristic of a woman, with the largest amount around the hips and thighs.
- Obesity-related disease
Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes High blood pressure (hypertension) Stroke (cerebrovascular accident or CVA) Heart attack (myocardial infarction or MI) Heart failure (congestive heart failure) Cancer (certain forms such as cancer of the prostate and cancer of the colon and rectum) Gallstones and gall bladder disease (cholecystitis) Gout and gouty arthritis Osteoarthritis (degenerative arthritis) of the […]
- Objective
In a microscope, the objective (also called the objective lens) is the lens nearest to the object being examined whereas the lens closest to the eye is termed the ocular (the eyepiece). The light microscope today is usually binocular (with one ocular for each eye) and has a turret bearing a selection of objective lens.
- OBS
1. Organic brain syndrome. 2. Obstetricians, in the plural.