When we read or hear the word Obesity, the first thing comes to mind is over consumption of food.
Actually its more than that. Obesity occurs when body is unable to burn calories. food start to store in the body in the form of fat and body starts to gain weight.
Obesity becomes the chronic disease just like high blood pressure or diabetes. In long run it may cause death. If a person is obese and also a smoker or have high blood pressure then chances of death will be quite high.
There is is a general rule of thumb to measure obesity. If Body mass index is more than 30 then you are obese for sure. BMI is weight ratio to height.
Before it was assumed that only developed countries like USA or European countries are facing this problem. But if you study the current statistics than you will realize that its becoming the global problem as more people are getting educated and they stay seated during their desk jobs hence burning less calories than intake.
As you can see that most of the Asian developing countries are also in top ten obese countries in the world.
There are many reasons of Obesity.
1) Food intake is the first of course.
2) Genetics plays a vital role in obesity. If genes are efficient in metabolism then less chances of Obesity.
3)It also depends on your family life style. For example i have seen many cases where One or both of the parents are obese and results the obesity in children.
4)Some emotions also trigger hunger. i know many people who start eating when they are angry or sad , even though its not very common but still it happens.
5)Environment plays a vital role for this problem. For example if there is no gym or park around your house and people tend to stay at home then chances are there will be more obesity in the area.
6)Gender also affects the obesity, Men have more muscles than women , so they burn more calories hence women tend to be more obese than men.
7)Age results in obesity as you might have noticed that as people get older ,they become fatter.
So question is how do we treat obesity? Answer is real simple. Eat less and workout more.Most of people try to reduce weight by other means like surgery which i think isn't a good idea. Because it may cause problem in near future.
Medical advisers recommend to reduce 500 calories a day or burning 500 calories a day will result in one pound of weight loss in each week.
There are other medications in market but i will recommend the exercise only as it's more beneficial than any other thing available yet.
Actually its more than that. Obesity occurs when body is unable to burn calories. food start to store in the body in the form of fat and body starts to gain weight.
Obesity becomes the chronic disease just like high blood pressure or diabetes. In long run it may cause death. If a person is obese and also a smoker or have high blood pressure then chances of death will be quite high.
There is is a general rule of thumb to measure obesity. If Body mass index is more than 30 then you are obese for sure. BMI is weight ratio to height.
Before it was assumed that only developed countries like USA or European countries are facing this problem. But if you study the current statistics than you will realize that its becoming the global problem as more people are getting educated and they stay seated during their desk jobs hence burning less calories than intake.
There are many reasons of Obesity.
1) Food intake is the first of course.
2) Genetics plays a vital role in obesity. If genes are efficient in metabolism then less chances of Obesity.
3)It also depends on your family life style. For example i have seen many cases where One or both of the parents are obese and results the obesity in children.
4)Some emotions also trigger hunger. i know many people who start eating when they are angry or sad , even though its not very common but still it happens.
5)Environment plays a vital role for this problem. For example if there is no gym or park around your house and people tend to stay at home then chances are there will be more obesity in the area.
6)Gender also affects the obesity, Men have more muscles than women , so they burn more calories hence women tend to be more obese than men.
7)Age results in obesity as you might have noticed that as people get older ,they become fatter.
So question is how do we treat obesity? Answer is real simple. Eat less and workout more.Most of people try to reduce weight by other means like surgery which i think isn't a good idea. Because it may cause problem in near future.
Medical advisers recommend to reduce 500 calories a day or burning 500 calories a day will result in one pound of weight loss in each week.
There are other medications in market but i will recommend the exercise only as it's more beneficial than any other thing available yet.
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