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| Connective tissue in which fat is stored |
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| Fat located under the skin |
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| Fat located around major organs; also called intra-abdominal fat |
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| Fat incorporated in various tissues of the body; critical for normal body functioning |
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| Body weight above the recommended range for good health |
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| Severely overweight, characterized by an excessive accumulation of body fat; may also be defined in terms of some measure of total body weight |
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| The percentage of total body weight that is composed of fat |
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| A cluster of symptoms present in many overweight and obese people that greatly increases their risk of heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic illness also called Insulin Resistance Syndrome |
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| A condition consisting of three interrelated disorders: abnormal eating patterns (and excessive exercising) followed by a lack of menstrual periods (amenorrhea), and decreased bone density (premature osteoporosis) |
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| Absent or infrequent menstruation, sometimes related to low levels of body fat and excessive quantity or intensity of exercise |
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| A measure of relative body weight correlating highly with more direct measures of body fat, calculated by dividing total body weight (in kilograms) by the square of body height (in meters) |
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| A pressure-sensitive measuring instrument with two jaws that can be adjusted to determine thickness |
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