Gestational Diabetes : Risk Factors

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The use of the taxonomic category African American, either in public or health or other disciplines, fundamentally reflects the historic and contemporary systems of racial stratification in American society. The term " African American, " as a categorical descriptor, includes many different segments of the American population referred to as " black " or Americans of sub-Saharan African ancestry.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Alternate terms: Black English; African American Vernacular English. The form of English spoken by many black Americans, especially those living in urban, inner-city neighborhoods.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Gestational diabetes is a carbohydrate intolerance of variable severity that starts or is first recognized during pregnancy.
Source:ADAM
Date:August 17, 2007
In popular usage, terms such as Hispanic and Latino are often a descriptive umbrella to refer to any American whose ancestry includes people of Spanish, Mexican, or Central or South American origin. Although, the " Hispanic " label can be found in the literature going back at least twenty centuries, its official introduction to the modern lexicon has come in recent decades.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Obesity is a term used to describe body weight that is much greater than what is considered healthy. If you are obese, you have a much higher amount of body fat than lean muscle mass. Adults with a BMI greater than 30 are considered obese. Anyone more than 100 pounds overweight or with a BMI greater than 40 is considered morbidly obese.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 17, 2007
Obesity is an abnormal accumulation of body fat, usually 20% or more over an individual ' s ideal body weight. Obesity is associated with increased risk of illness, disability, and death.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Obesity is the condition of having an excessive accumulation of fat in the body, resulting in a body weight more than 20% above the average for height, age, sex, and body type, and in elevated risk of disability, illness, and death. The human body is composed of bone, muscle, specialized organ tissues, and fat.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Obesity , defined as a body mass index of 30 or greater, is an epidemic in the United States and other industrialized nations, and it is rapidly becoming one in developing nations. As countries transition to westernized lifestyles, obesity tends to increase.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nutrition and Well Being
Obesity is an abnormal accumulation of body fat, usually 20% or more over an individual's ideal body weight. Obesity is associated with increased risk of illness, disability, and death.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Obesity is an abnormal accumulation of body fat, usually 20% or more over an individual ' s ideal body weight. Obesity is associated with increased risk of illness, disability, and death .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Term describing a condition where the ratio of body fat to total body mass is higher than accepted norms. Obesity is a relative term used to describe the condition where the ratio of body fat, which is measurable, to total body mass is higher than the accepted norm.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Obesity is an abnormal accumulation of body fat, usually 20 percent or more over an individual ' s ideal body weight. Obesity is associated with increased risk of illness, disability, and death.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Gestational diabetes is a condition that occurs during pregnancy . Like other forms of diabetes, gestational diabetes involves a defect in the way the body processes and uses sugars (glucose) in the diet.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a condition that occurs during pregnancy . Like other forms of diabetes, GDM involves a defect in the way the body processes and uses sugars (glucose) in the diet.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
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