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Overweight

Known as: Sovrappeso(BMI <30), GEHIEGIZKO PISUA(BMI<30), Excesso de peso (IMC <30) 
A status with BODY WEIGHT that is above certain standard of acceptable or desirable weight. In the scale of BODY MASS INDEX, overweight is defined as… 
National Institutes of Health

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Abnormal weight gain
Body WeightHYPOTHYROIDISM, CENTRAL, AND TESTICULAR ENLARGEMENTIn BloodMATURITY-ONSET DIABETES OF THE YOUNG, TYPE 11

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Weight-based victimization toward overweight adolescents: observations and reactions of peers.
BACKGROUND Weight-based victimization has become increasingly reported among overweight youth, but little is known about… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Trends in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in Australia between 1985 and 2008
Background:Popular media, health experts and researchers talk about a paediatric ‘obesity epidemic’ with exponentially increasing… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
overweight: updated meta-analysis Long term pharmacotherapy for obesity and
Objective To summarise the long term efficacy of antiobesity drugs in reducing weight and improving health status. Design Updated… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Evidence of a possible link between obesogenic food advertising and child overweight
A recent review of the literature concluded that advertising of foods on television may influence children's food choices and… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Increased incidence of asthmalike symptoms in girls who become overweight or obese during the school years.
The possibility of a causal relationship is suggested by recent concomitant increases in the prevalence of obesity and asthma. In… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Physical activity, food choice, and weight management goals and practices among US college students.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Are overweight children unhappy?: Body mass index, depressive symptoms, and overweight concerns in elementary school children.
BACKGROUND It is commonly believed that overweight children are unhappy with their weight. However, population-based data… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Physical Status: The Use and Interpretation of Anthropometry. Report of a WHO Expert Committee. WHO Technical Report Series No. 854. Pp. 452. (WHO, Geneva, 1995.) Swiss Fr 71.00.
Anthropometry provides the single most portable, universally applicable, inexpensive and non-invasive technique for assessing the… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Combined renal effects of overweight and hypertension.
The existence of a direct relationship between body mass and arterial pressure is well recognized; however, the effect of obesity… 
Review
1969
Review
1969
Overweight and Hypertension: A Review
The interrelationships between hypertension and obesity, two common and major health hazards, are reviewed. Comparisons of… 
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