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GLOSSARY ITEM | 24 Mar 2025
Prevalence is a measure of disease occurence; the proportion of individuals in a population with a certain condition at a specified point in time (point prevalence) or at any time during a specified time interval...
GLOSSARY ITEM | 24 Mar 2025
A person is considered overweight if he or she has a Body mass index greater than or equal to 25. Pre-obesity is sometimes erroneously used interchangeably with overweight. Having...
GLOSSARY ITEM | 24 Mar 2025
Obesity is the condition of severe overweight where a person has a body mass index (BMI) equal to or greater than 30. Pre-obesity is sometimes erroneously used interchangeably with overweight...
GLOSSARY ITEM | 24 Mar 2025
A person is considered to be pre-obese if he or she has a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than or equal to 25 but less than 30. Pre-obesity is sometimes erroneously...