Epidemiology/Causes:
a) Age: Obesity can occur at all ages. The incidence of obesity increases with age. Obese infants are more likely to be obese in later life.
One-third of obesity in adults has been life long, ie since infancy.
Most adipose cells are formed in early life, therefore infants who have more of these cells (hyperplastic obesity) are [...]

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Obesity is on the rise throughout the world. Even though the developed countries are affected more than the developing countries, the developing countries are catching up very fast.

Obesity is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The rise in the incidence of obesity is unfortunate, because it is preventable.

Numerous complications have been linked to obesity, [...]

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