Causes and treatment of obesity What is obesity?
It is the excessive accumulation of fat in the body, which exceeds the standards of the skeleton and the physical body for age, sex, and height. Obesity has become a major health problem and the United Kingdom. Nearly 23% of the population suffers from this disease. This number is increasing day by day. Obesity has become a pandemic.
What causes obesity?
When people eat more calories than they expend in daily activities, it stores the extra energy and weight gain is a direct result. There are many factors that are causing obesity. One of the main causes is the sedentary lifestyle of people. Many white-collar jobs also require people to sit at a computer, reducing physical activity to a minimum. average diet of people with a warehouse of calories as fat. Most importantly, the inactivity is the main cause, because people prefer to stay home and watch TV a run or walk in the park.
How to determine obesity?
It measures the proportion of fat in the body. It takes two parameters, weight and height for calculation of body fat. If the BMI is above 30, then people fall into the obese category, and should seek medical treatment. BMI above 40 means that obesity is severe. When the BMI is below 18.5, then people fall into the underweight category. BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 is an ideal weight for a healthy person.
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions. More and more people die from obesity than starvation. It would be better if people realize the need to respect their bodies.
Effects of obesity
Over weight problem gives rise to many diseases and pose a major health risk. It includes:
aec Type 2 Diabetes: Insulin helps regulate blood sugar. Obese people develop resistance to insulin, which leads to blood sugar levels. It can cause serious damage to the body
aec Diseases of the heart: the heart can not function properly if the body is stronger. It results in blood pressure, which can cause damage to heart and kidney. It can also cause a stroke
aec Respiratory disorders: Obesity can cause breathing problems, which can affect sleep. This results in daytime sleepiness and headaches
aec Depression: the repeated failure of diets and the constant struggle with the results of fat in the high mental load and pushes patients in depression
aec Infertility: Obesity may decrease the ability to produce offspring
How to control obesity?
obesity problem will not arise if people maintain a balance between the calories they consume and burn calories. For people who are obese, doctors have no quick fix methods. Obese people have to burn extra calories. Some useful remedies are given below which can help overweight people.
aec Never skip breakfast
aec The meal should have less sugar and fat
aec Avoid alcohol
aec Eat more fruit
aec Organize regular exercise such as brisk walking, swimming, cycling and running
Besides these methods, there are many medications available as Xenical and Acomplia for obesity management.
Posted on March 16, 2010.
