Department of Pharmacy, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India
Rekha M she is working at the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University as an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy which is located at Telangana, India
Short Communication
Epidemiology of Obesity
Author(s): Rekha M*
Obesity is typically defined quite simply as excess body weight for height, but this simple definition belies an
etiologically complex phenotype primarily associated with excess adiposity, or body fatness, that can manifest
metabolically and not just in terms of body size Obesity greatly increases risk of chronic disease morbidity—namely
disability, depression, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, certain cancers—and mortality. .. View more»