Obesity

Obesity is a complex disorder involving an excessive amount of body fat. Obesity isn’t just a cosmetic concern. It increases your risk of diseases and health problems, such as heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure. Being extremely obese means you are especially likely to have health problems related to your weight. Dietary changes, increased physical activity and behavior changes can help you lose weight. Prescription medications and weight-loss surgery are additional options for treating obesity. Obesity is diagnosed when your body mass index (BMI) is 30 or higher. Your…
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Weight a minute! Youth complaining of BP, diabetes? Blame the lifestyle

Obesity is old new. ‘Morbid obesity’ isn’t; patients’ age profile is decreasing. Overweight youngsters in the city are increasingly falling victim to diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol. Earlier identified as a prime risk factor for lifestyle disorders, excess weight or obesity is now increasingly associated as a direct cause of several life-threatening ailments, including sleep apnea and stroke. Doctors say morbid obesity has become a disease by itself. “We see cases wherein obesity is often the direct cause for high BP, hypertension, stroke and diabetes,” says Dr. Saurabh Misra,…
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