Definition of Obesity:
As defined by the Obesity Medicine Association....
"A chronic, relapsing, multifactorial, neurobehavioral disease, wherein an increase in body fat promotes adipose tissue dysfunction and abnormal fat mass physical forces, resulting in adverse metabolic, biomechanical, and psychosocial health consequences."
The following are links to educational resources and obesity facts.
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/
http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/resources/factsheets.html
