Blake Wilbur Building. Obesity. Obesity: Having excess body fat that is considered unhealthy for a personâs stature is called obesity and increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, arthritis, and.. obesity overweight excess-body-fat effects of obesity obese. Bariatric Surgery & Medical Weight Loss.
wheelchair (wc) a mobile chair equipped with large wheels and brakes. If long-term use of the chair is expected, a physical therapist may prescribe certain personalized requirements, such as size, left- or right-hand propulsion, type of brakes, height of armrests, and special seat pads.
Disability is a condition or function judged to be significantly impaired/distorted relative to the usual standard or spectrum of an individual of their group. The term is often used to refer to individual functioning, including physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment, mental illness, and various types of chronic disease. This usage has been described by some disabled people as being associated with a medical model of disability.