Inflammation of the peritoneum is called peritonitis. The inflammation is caused by a fungal or bacterial infection, usually due to an injury to your abdomen, an underlying medical condition, or a treatment device, such as a dialysis catheter or feeding tube.
Obesity is common, serious and costly. More than one-third of U.S. adults (34.9% or 78.6 million) are obese. Adult Obesity Facts.
Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health. Body mass index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height that is commonly used to classify overweight and obesity in adults.It is defined as a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of his height in meters (kg/m2). The WHO definition is: 1  a BMI greater than or equal to 25 is overweight.2  a BMI greater than or equal to 30 is obesity. In 2014, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight. 2  Of these over 600 million were obese. 3  Overall, about 13% of the worldâs adult population (11% of men and 15% of women) were obese in 2014. 4  In 2014, 39% of adults aged 18 years and over (38% of men and 40% of women) were overweight.