# What is obesity?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Mia Nacamulli
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/mia_nacamulli_what_is_obesity)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Obesity is an escalating global epidemic. It substantially raises the probability of diseases like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and cancer. But what is the distinction between being overweight and being obese? And how does a person become obese? Mia Nacamulli explores obesity. \[Directed by Kozmonot Animation Studio, narrated by Pen-Pen Chen, music by WORKPLAYWORK and Cem Misirlioglu\].

## Lectures

1. [What is obesity?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/mia_nacamulli_what_is_obesity/b5584d916b60), 5 min (TED's player)