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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:

PR2.19087, 1957-1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19087
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and typed case summary relating to male patient from outside Great Britain aged 5 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: "delayed development"; right homonymous hemianopia; extrapyramidal motor defect; and excess weight. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1958

PR2.19674, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19674
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: mild hypochondriacal and anxiety neurosis; and excess weight. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958

PR2.20271, 1958-1963

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20271
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; back pain; leg pain; and excess of weight. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1963

PR2.21157, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21157
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 40 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; upper lumbar pain; and excess of weight. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959