| Obese in simple terms means an excess of fat, | | | | hypoactivty of the thyroid gland may lead to |
| usually in the absence of underlying disease, | | | | abnormal weight gain. Not a very healthy |
| except in a few cases where hormonal | | | | solution is the use of medicines which |
| disturbance can be held responsible for it. | | | | suppress appetite.The consequences of obesity |
| Life insurance companies have defined obesity | | | | can be medical problems such as early |
| in terms of risk to life from the available | | | | occurrence of cardiovascular diseases where |
| data of height and weight. There are various | | | | fat deposition in the blood vessels leads to |
| methods to assess the amount of fat in the | | | | atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes, |
| body which ascertains the degree of obesity. | | | | pulmonary disorders, gall bladder stones and |
| Skin fold thickness measured by calipers, | | | | sometimes musculo-skeletal problems |
| body mass index, waist/hip ratios, in fact | | | | especially osteoarthritis of the knees. |
| there are standard tables available but body | | | | Hypoventilation in obese people may even |
| mass index and waist hip ratios are mostly | | | | result in sudden deaths during sleep. |
| considered. The ratio of weight in kilograms | | | | Obesity can be managed by diet counseling, |
| divided by square of height in meters is | | | | behavior therapy and regulated exercise and |
| usually taken into consideration as a quick | | | | in some cases with drugs which suppress |
| method of calculation and this ascertains the | | | | appetite by attacking the hypothalamus in the |
| body mass index and thereby relative risk | | | | brain. However, the drawback is a quickly |
| involved. A BMI of 25 is taken as the upper | | | | following rebound after withdrawing the drug. |
| limit of normal, 25-30-low, 30-35 moderate, | | | | In cases of morbid obesity procedures like |
| 35-40 high and above 40 is very high risk | | | | liposuction and surgery like jejuno-ilear |
| zone.Obesity could also be a metabolic defect | | | | bypass are not free from risk and the latter |
| as a calorie intake of 4700 to 8500 calories | | | | is only resorted to save life which has its |
| in different individuals can lead to a gain | | | | own complications.A healthy lifestyle with |
| of 1 kg weight. Various studies show that | | | | regular exercise from childhood onwards can |
| ATP-ase activity may be low in obese people | | | | lead to similar adult behavior. Skipping |
| and lead to a condition where energy | | | | breakfast can affect your concentration at |
| consumption is lower and added to surplus | | | | work or school and by mid-morning you tend to |
| calories results in the deposit of adipose | | | | substitute it with less nutritious morning |
| tissue. Eating disorders, wherein hunger and | | | | snacks. You are what you eat so try to |
| satiety levels do not match, binge eating on | | | | follow the golden rules from the beginning of |
| emotional highs or lows, genetic | | | | life. |
| predisposition, or endocrine obesity where | | | | |