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Specialty Care - Obesity (Final)
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Prevalence of obesity among US adults in 2020?
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From 2000 to 2018, obesity prevalence in the US increased from 30.5% to 42.4%.
Severe obesity (i.e. BMI ā„ 40) increased from 4.7% to 9.2% during this time-period (lots of health complications in these patients)
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Prevalence of obesity among US adults in 2020?
From 2000 to 2018, obesity prevalence in the US increased from 30.5% to 42.4%.
Severe obesity (i.e. BMI ā„ 40) increased from 4.7% to 9.2% during this time-period (lots of health complications in these patients)
Racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of obesity in the US?
Dramatic differences
-also differences by gender and socioeconomic class
Non-hispanic black adults > hispanic adults > non-Hispanic white adults > non-Hispanic asian adults
Leading causes of preventable premature death?
Obesity-related conditions: heart disease, stroke, T2DM, certain types of cancer
Obesity is typically diagnosed and defined by ...
BMI (kg/m2)
BMI categories?
BMI <18.5: underweight
18.5-24.9: healthy
25-29.9: overweight
30+: obese
30-34.9: class I obesity
35-39.9: class II obesity
40+: class III obesity aka "severe obesity"
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