How can I get healthy if I'm morbidly obese?

Dr. Mehmet Oz, MD

Cardiology (Cardiovascular Disease)

Morbid obesity is a growing problem in our country, and can lead to a host of major illnesses. In this video, Dr. Oz and Dr. Mike Clark reveal the first steps a morbidly obese person should take to change his life for the better.

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Obesity

If you have too much body fat, you are obese, just like over 70 million other Americans. It happens because you eat more calories than you use, and your body converts the excess to fat. There are lots of reasons that this can happen. Our lifestyle may lack exercise, we are given portions that are too big and too caloric when we eat, and some of us are just more efficient genetically at converting food into fat.

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