Obesity; Root cause of many diseases.
Obesity: root cause of many disease Outline
What is obesity
Its measurement
Global trends
Reasons
Energy rich foods
Lack of exercise genetic predisposition
Related Morbidity
Cardiovascular diseases
Diabetes Mellitus
Other diseases e.g bone and joint diseases, asthma, skin diseases, certain cancers etc
Social implications
How to fight obesity
Diet
Exercise
Drugs and surgical procedures
Conclusion.
Obesity is a medical condition in which excess of fat has accumulated in the body and may give rise to health problems. A person is obese when his body mass index is above 30 kg/m2. Body mass index is ratio of an individual’s weight and height, and can be calculated by dividing person’s weight with square of his height. The most commonly used measure of weight status is body mass index, or BMI. Years of research have shown that BMI provides good estimate of “fatness” and correlates well with important health outcomes. For adult men and women healthy BMI falls between 18 to 25 kg/m2 . Overweight is defined as a BMI between 25 and 30; and obesity a BMI of 30 or higher. So it is important tool for clinicians trying to screen to determine who may be at risk because of carrying around too much weight for their height. More or less every region of world is facing this problem. Once a problem of wealthy nations, obesity now impacts countries at all economic levels, bringing with it a wave of ill health and lost productivity. Worldwide rate of obesity doubled since 1980, with just over 200 million adult men and just under 300 million adult women obese. Of all high-income countries, the United States has the highest rate of overweight and obesity, with fully a third of population obese, a rate projected to rise around 50 percent by 2030. Obesity is also on the rise in South Asian countries including Pakistan. According to Forbes, Pakistan
What is obesity
Its measurement
Global trends
Reasons
Energy rich foods
Lack of exercise genetic predisposition
Related Morbidity
Cardiovascular diseases
Diabetes Mellitus
Other diseases e.g bone and joint diseases, asthma, skin diseases, certain cancers etc
Social implications
How to fight obesity
Diet
Exercise
Drugs and surgical procedures
Conclusion.
Obesity is a medical condition in which excess of fat has accumulated in the body and may give rise to health problems. A person is obese when his body mass index is above 30 kg/m2. Body mass index is ratio of an individual’s weight and height, and can be calculated by dividing person’s weight with square of his height. The most commonly used measure of weight status is body mass index, or BMI. Years of research have shown that BMI provides good estimate of “fatness” and correlates well with important health outcomes. For adult men and women healthy BMI falls between 18 to 25 kg/m2 . Overweight is defined as a BMI between 25 and 30; and obesity a BMI of 30 or higher. So it is important tool for clinicians trying to screen to determine who may be at risk because of carrying around too much weight for their height. More or less every region of world is facing this problem. Once a problem of wealthy nations, obesity now impacts countries at all economic levels, bringing with it a wave of ill health and lost productivity. Worldwide rate of obesity doubled since 1980, with just over 200 million adult men and just under 300 million adult women obese. Of all high-income countries, the United States has the highest rate of overweight and obesity, with fully a third of population obese, a rate projected to rise around 50 percent by 2030. Obesity is also on the rise in South Asian countries including Pakistan. According to Forbes, Pakistan