• Vol. 30 No. 6, 561–562
  • 15 November 2001

Obesity in Singapore

The word obesity implies an excess of adipose tissue (fat) and not merely an excess of body weight. An increase in body weight may be due to fat (as in an obese person) or due to lean muscles (as in Hercules or in a body builder).

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