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Obesity
A chronic, relapsing and multifactorial disease characterised by excess body fat that harms health. It is usually associated with a BMI of 30 kg/m² or above, although BMI is a population screening tool rather than an individual diagnosis: fat distribution and comorbidities matter more.
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- ICD-10 code
- E66
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