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7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about morbid obesity and death from morbid obesity.
Meaning of morbid obesity
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, morbid obesity means an excessive accumulation of fat in the body resulting in:
(a)          a Body Mass Index (BMI) of at least 40; or
(b)          in those aged 18 years or younger, a BMI of at least 120 percent of the 97th percentile in the 2007 World Health Organisation Body Mass Index Charts, for Age and Gender.
Note: BMI is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
Death from morbid obesity
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, morbid obesity, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's morbid obesity.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.