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Obesity Learning Center

Tests could include:
The health care provider will perform a physical exam and ask questions about your medical history, eating habits, and exercise routine.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 15, 2009
Dignosis of obesity is made by observation and by comparing the patient's weight to ideal weight charts. Many doctors and obesity researchers refer to the body mass index (BMI), which uses a height-weight relationship to calculate an individual's ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
There are two methods of diagnosing obesity. The first method is inspection—whereby an excessive amount of storage fat is usually noticeable upon visual inspection. The second method is inference of body fat content, obtained from body measurement...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Diagnosis of obesity is made by observation and by comparing the patient's weight to ideal weight charts. Many doctors and obesity researchers refer to the body mass index (BMI), which uses a height-weight relationship to calculate an individual's...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Diagnosis of obesity is made by observation and by comparing the patient's weight to ideal weight charts. Many doctors and obesity researchers refer to the body mass index (BMI), which uses a height-weight relation-ship to calculate an individual'...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Obesity in children and adolescents is diagnosed using the BMI-for-age formula described above, which is used to define obesity. Comorbid conditions, such as diabetes and high cholesterol, are diagnosed using medical laboratory tests.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
During a physical examination, a health care provider studies a patient's body to determine the presence or absence of physical problems. A typical physical examination includes: Inspection (looking at the body; Palpation (feeling the body with ha...
Source:ADAM
Date:February 23, 2009
The health status of populations and of individuals is assessed for many reasons. Assessing needs for care helps guide the allocation of resources— diagnostic assessments guide treatment, prognostic assessments contribute to planning, and assessin...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
BMI
Source:ADAM
Date:August 22, 2008
Body weight is used as an indicator of an individual's health. It is usually compared to tables that list "ideal" or "desirable" weight ranges for specific heights. Some of these tables use values gathered from research studies, while some include...
Source:Gale Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
Waist-to-hip ratio is defined as the measurement of waist circumference divided by hip circumference (for example, a waist measurement of 33 and a hip measurement of 44 give a ratio of .75). It is used as a risk-factor assessment tool for heart di...
Source:Gale Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
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