Obesity is a worldwide pandemic, with high prevalence. In the United States, at least 35% of men and 40% of women are obese [1]. In Brazil, the latest Survey of Surveillance of Risk and Protection Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Survey [2], from the Ministry of Health found that the frequency of obese adults has been increasing, from 11.8% in 2006 to 20.3% in 2019, is similar for men and women in 2019 [2].

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Citation: Isabel Cristina Bento and Heather D Balentine. “Metabolic Obesity". Acta Scientific Nutritional Health 4.12 (2020): 45-46.

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