Body weight grossly beyond skeletal and physical standards as the result of an excessive
accumulation of fats in the body. Depending on age, sex, and genetic background, a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30.0
can be considered obese, and a BMI greater than 40.0 can be considered morbidly obese.
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Body Mass Index
One of the anthropometric measures of body mass;
it has the highest correlation with skinfold thickness or body density.
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Pharmacologic Action
Adrenergic Agent
Drugs that act on adrenergic receptors or affect the life cycle of adrenergic transmitters.
Included here are adrenergic agonists and antagonists and agents that affect the
synthesis, storage, uptake, metabolism, or release of adrenergic transmitters.
Sympathomimetic
Drugs that mimic the effects of stimulating postganglionic adrenergic sympathetic nerves. Included here are drugs that directly stimulate adrenergic receptors and drugs that act indirectly by provoking the release of adrenergic transmitters.
Dopamine Uptake Inhibitor
Drugs that block the transport of dopamine into axon terminals or into storage vesicles
within terminals.
Most of the adrenergic uptake inhibitors also inhibit dopamine uptake.
