What Is Obesity?

Are you suffering from obesity and want to lose weight? Don't feel down, if  you know what is obesity, and try to understand the cause of obesity or childhood obesity and put some dedicated efforts you would be able to transform your body into a good healthy soul and can enjoy a healthy living, but let us try to understand obesity problem and how can I lose weight.

What is obesity - A certain amount of body fat is required for storing energy, heat insulation, shock absorption, and other functions of the body. Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation in our body that presents a high risk to our health. Obesity is a chronic condition of excess body fat in a person. 

 Body mass index ( BMI ) is a simple index of weight-for-height that is commonly used to classify overweight and obesity in adults. It is defined as a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of his height in meters (kg/m²).  

Are you obsessed or overweight? Don't feel down you can transform your body into a six pack power house. but let us try to understand your problem. 

Obese Man

Cause of obesity:
The busy schedule and work pressure of the modern world leaves no time for some individuals to care about their dietary habits and physical workouts.

If you take in more calories than are required by your body on a daily basis (known as "energy imbalance"), those surplus calories will be converted into fat. If this energy imbalance continues for an extended period of time, it will lead to overweight or obesity.

At the same time, some others are born with a genetically obese behavior passed on as a hereditary process. Anyhow, both these situations have lead to a scenario, where people are increasingly becoming unfit and over weighed. 

according to WHO  out of the world's 6 billion people, 1 billion are overweight and Worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980. In 2008, 1.5 billion adults, 20 and older, were overweight. Of these over 200 million men and nearly 300 million women were obese. Research Scientists said that more than 42% of American population will be obese till 2030.

1. a BMI greater than or equal to 25 is overweight
2. a BMI greater than or equal to 30 is obesity.  

The fundamental cause of obesity and overweight is an energy imbalance between calories consumed and calories expended. Globally, there has been,

1.  an increased intake of energy-dense foods( fast food, soft drinks and other food and beverages laden with high fructose corn syrup.) that are high in fat, salt and sugars but low in vitamins, minerals and other micro-nutrients; and 
2. a decrease in physical activity due to the increasingly sedentary nature of many forms of work, changing modes of transportation, and increasing urbanization. 

Some Other Causes  Of Obesity    
    Genetics
    Overeating
    High diet in carbohydrates
    Frequency of eating
    Slow metabolism
    Physical inactivity
    Medications
    Psychological factors

Health risks associated with obesity are: 

Overweight and obesity are major risk factors for a number of chronic diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Once considered a problem only in high income countries, overweight and obesity are now dramatically on the rise in low- and middle-income countries.

Overweight and obesity are the fifth leading risk for global deaths. At least 2.8 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or obese. In addition, 44% of the diabetes burden, 23% of the ischemic heart disease burden and between 7% and 41% of certain cancer burdens are attributable to overweight and obesity. 

Varicose veins, hypertension, high cholesterol, atherosclerosis, deep vein thrombosis, vascular disease, heartburn, fatty liver disease, pancreatitis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, low back pain, joint disease, stroke, dementia, depression, infertility, menstrual abnormalities, pregnancy abnormalities, asthma, cellulose, fungal skin infections, cancers, poor healing of wounds and infections are also associated with obesity.

Obese Woman

Treatment And Cure 

If you want to get your weight under control and remain at an ideal weight for life, you must stick to a healthy routine where you are free from excessive food cravings and an appetite in overdrive.The primary factor that will determine whether you are successful at losing weight is how ready you are for change. In order to experience positive changes, you must adopt the fallowing habits:

• limit energy intake from total fats;
• Increase consumption of fruit and vegetables, as well as legumes, whole grains and nuts;
• limit the intake of sugars;
• Engage in regular physical activity;
• Achieve energy balance and a healthy weight.
• Monitoring excessive fat intake.
• Eating 3 balanced moderate meals everyday.
• Exercising regularly to increase the metabolic rate.

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