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Obesity: Possible Psychological and Metabolic Determinants

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Nutrition and Behavior

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Obesity is one of the major health problems in today’s society, with estimates that from 20 to 60 million Americans are substantially above their ideal body weight (Bray, 1976). Although a layperson’s conception of obesity is primarily based on visual assessment of body weight, obesity is more properly defined as an excessive accumulation of body fat. While several factors, such as age and physical activity, can affect adipose tissue mass. Bray (1976) has suggested that a fat content in excess of 20% in males and 28% in females could be used as a working guideline for defining obesity.

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