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https://www.texasheart.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/thi-weighing-scale.jpg1600900Obesity is a major risk factor for heart disease. Obesity means that you have too much body fat. You can find out your BMI by using the calculator below. Then, take that value and find your body composition in the table below the calculator.