What is Obesity? Obesity is an extreme overweight, and is considered a chronic disease. It is characterized by an excessive accumulation of body fat which exceeds 30 points in the Body Mass Index (BMI). BMI is calculated by entering the height and weight in a calculator, that will give us the Body Mass Index we have. Depending on the number of BMI we obtain we can know whether or not we have a healthy weight : More than 40: Obesity type 3 (morbid obesity) 35 – 40: Obesity type 2 30 – 35: Obesity type 1 25 – 30:

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