Obesity is the most common nutritional disorder, particularly among the affluent, all over the world. Obesity may be described as a condition characterized by excessive deposition of fat in the body.
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions throughout the world. Child obesity is also rising fast.
The paunch, fashionably called central obesity - is becoming a common sight in the cities and health experts are sounding warning signals. Obesity - including central obesity - carries several health risks. It is one of the risk factors in the development of diabetes. The waist: hip ratio, an important indicator of central obesity, should be 0.8 for women and 0.9 for men. The greater the waist: hip ratio, the higher the risk of getting diabetes, specially if it runs in the family.
Globesity" is spreading all over. The World Health Organisation has estimated the total number of overweight adults across the world as 1 billion, out of which 300 million are obese.
Obesity and depression both dramatically increase health care costs
Physical inactivity is an important contributor to obesity. There are 1440 minutes in every day....schedule 30 of them for physical activity.
Being obese or gaining weight increases the risk of developing painful kidney stones, and women may be especially vulnerable to these added risks.
What do heart patients have in common with sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, periodontitis, gastritis, gingivitis, Alzheimer’s, asthma, cancer, obesity, osteoarthritis, eczema? All these are inflammatory diseases!Reduce your inflammation and risk of inflammation diseases via an anti-inflammatory diet.
Kudos to the Health Ministry for bringing out new guidelines on overweight and obesity to suit the Indian population.
Of late doctors have been spreading awareness in newspapers and health magazines about diabesity
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