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Health risks of obesity
A H Kissebah1, D S Freedman, A N Peiris
1Division of Endocrinology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
The Medical Clinics of North America
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
Evidence implicating obesity as a risk-factor disease is critically reviewed. Possible reasons for the many conflicting findings are addressed. The classification of obesity, based upon the site of body fat distribution, and possible biologic mechanisms associating regional adiposity with morbidity, are discussed.