What Obesity Stands for

Obesity is a "condition characterized by an excess of body fat distributed across the board in various areas of the body fat. Definition taken from the Dictionary of Medicine Flammarion. In most cases, obesity is assessed by the weight it should be noted that there is no strict equivalence between weight and obesity because the weight involved, in addition to fat, bone, water and muscle.

Obesity is defined by a Body Mass Index (BMI). BMI is calculated by dividing the person's weight by the square of height (kg / m2). If this index is greater than or equal to 30, the individual is considered obese. Between 25 and 30, we talk about préobésité. From 40 kg / m2, we speak morbid obesity. This is the threshold at which we may see a morbidity secondary to different types of complications.