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Morbid obesity epidemiological studies face methodological difficulties defining obesity, ideal body weight, and overweight indexes.
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Requires cautious interpretation of morbid obesity epidemiology in clinical decisions; leaves open standardization of definitions for future research.
This article defines obesity, ideal body weight, morbid obesity, and indexes of overweight, pointing out some of the difficulties in studies of the epidemiology of morbid obesity.
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Kral et al. (1987) studied this question. Morbid obesity epidemiological studies face methodological difficulties related to the definitions of obesity, ideal body weight, and overweight indexes.
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