OBESITY AND MORBIDITY
We refer to being overweight when the BMI exceeds 25, and of obesity from a value of 30.
Why « MORBID OBESITY » ?
Scientific studies on being overweight have shown that the life span decreased for subjects whose BMI exceeded 40. These subjects died younger as a result of a higher frequency of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, etc.
Therefore, we refer to MORBID obesity.
We refer to morbid obesity at a BMI of 40 or higher.
| | Obesity in numbers :
• BMI lower than 20 : thin
• BMI between 20 and 25 : normal
• BMI between 25 and 30 : overweight
• BMI between 30 and 35 : obesity
• BMI between 35 and 40 : severe obesity
• BMI between 40 and 50 : morbid obesity
• BMI higher than 50 : super obesity |
RISK FACTORS
Moreover, for subjects with a BMI between 35 and 40, and who suffered simultaneously from diabetes and/or hypertension and/or hyperlipemy (excess of fats such as cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood), the same risk of premature death was observed. This is why we refer to « risk factors » that aggravate the prognosis of obesity. The risk factors, also called comorbidities, are often associated with being overweight, even at a BMI lower than 40.
When the BMI is between 35 and 40 and two risk factors are present, the same vital risk is to be considered and we refer also to morbid obesity. | | Risk factors :
• DIABETES
• HYPERLIPEMY
• HYPERTENSION
• ARTHROSIS
• SLEEP APNEA |
