Morbid obesity is preventable, but you may need some intervention.

病态肥胖是可以预防的，但是你需要一些指导。

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Obesity, and especially morbid obesity, will be observed in a high proportion of severe cases, and scientists will frantically try to discover why.

肥胖，尤其是病态的肥胖，将会在严重病例中高度仔细观察，并且科学家发疯似地揭开其中的谜底。

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Although the exact role of obesity is poorly understood at present, obesity and especially morbid obesity have been present in a large portion of severe and fatal cases.

虽然目前对肥胖的确切作用知之甚少，但相当一部分重症和死亡病例都存在肥胖现象，特别是病态肥胖。

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"We're still looking into what proportion of them may have had severe -- morbid obesity or extreme obesity, " she said.

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In the USA the percentage of black women with morbid obesity - a BMI of 40 or more - has doubled in less than a decade to 15%.

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