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2 Overview Key Points   ➤ Multiple factors contribute to the development of obesity and its consequences. • Biologic:   ▶ Genetic, epigenetic, endocrine, immune, neurohormonal, enterohormonal, neurobehavioral, and gut microbiota. • Environmental:   ▶ Cultural and social influences, emotional conditions, lifestyle, toxins, and medications. • Other:   ▶ Infection, trauma, disability, and illness.   ➤ From 1999–2000 through 2017–March 2020, US obesity prevalence increased from 30.5% to 41.9%. • During the same time, the prevalence of severe obesity increased f rom 4.7% to 9.2%. • According to a projection analysis in 2019, ~50% of U.S. adults will have obesity by 2030, with ~25% of adults having severe obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥35 kg/m 2 ). Definition   ➤ "Obesity is defined as a chronic, progressive, relapsing, and treatable multi-factorial, neurobehavioral disease, wherein an increase in body fat promotes adipose tissue dysfunction and abnormal fat mass physical forces, resulting in adverse metabolic, biomechanical, and psychosocial health consequences."

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