what is obesity?
What is obesity ? Obesity is an excessive increase in body fat in the body, to such an extent that it may have an influence on health. ObésitéL'obésité is defined as exceeding the standard curves corpulence. These curves are expressed as percentiles, standard deviation, or standard deviations. The 50th percentile represents the median. Changes considered normal range from 10 to 90. Between the 90th and 97th percentile may have about overweight zone. Beyond 97, we talk about obesity. New values An international definition of childhood obesity based on BMI curves derived from different countries will soon be proposed. Two degrees of overweight will be defined by the percentile curves reaching values of 25 and 30 to 18. This new international definition for child maintain continuity with the adult and will mainly compare the incidence of obesity in relation to the total population between different studies and between countries. Changes with age In the French b