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Overweight

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A status with BODY WEIGHT that is above certain standard of acceptable or desirable weight. In the scale of BODY MASS INDEX, overweight is defined as having a BMI of 25.0-29.9 kg/m2. Overweight may or may not be due to increases in body fat ( ADIPOSE TISSUE), hence overweight does not equal \"over fat\".,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

PR4.1222, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1222
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and black-and-white photographs relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; overweight; infantile paralysis; and drop-foot. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1392, 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1392
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, black-and-white photograph, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 2 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral birth injury; overweight; epilepsy; and slight mental retardation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1487, 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1487
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 2 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; and adiposity. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1530, 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1530
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, black-and-white photographs, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 7 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: mental retardation; excess of weight; polyuria; and sleep disturbances. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1537, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1537
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male patient from outside Great Britain aged 18 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; excess of weight; hypertension; and hypothalamic lesion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.2311, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2311
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: lumbago; neck pain; overweight; and rectocele. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR4.2372, 1958

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Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.2372
Scope and Contents

Case summaries, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from east Edinburgh aged 70 at first examination in 1958. Condidtions mentioned include: healed TB, cough and overweight. No family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958

PR2.16667, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16667
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 63 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: lumbago; overweight; and deaf. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.18099, 1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18099
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 34 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: back pain; and overweight. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.18857, 1958-1961

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18857
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: overweight; low back pain; and prolpased intervertebral disc. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1961