2. All of us love to have a well-built bodies, or at
least not to be obese, and we have the right to
think like that, because obesity is not just a
cosmetic concern, it's also a risk for some
health problems, such as heart disease,
diabetes and the high blood pressure and
others.
Obesity
3. Obesity is that, you have a high amount
of fat in your body, and from that
definition you can notice that, obesity is
not about more weight, it's about more
fat.To understand this you may weight
more because you are tall. And this is
normal.
What is Obesity?
4. Our daily bodies activities need energy come from
food we eat, and more exercise and activities burn
more calories that we get from food. And not just
the activities need to burn calories, also many
metabolic reactions in the body need the energy
from food, such as to warm up in cold weather and
to sweat in the hot days.
But when our food calories amounts exceed the
body need, they will be stored in the body as fat.
What are the causes of obesity ?
5. Lack of Energy Balance
Genes and Family History
Endocrine: Hypothyroidism, Cushing's
syndrome.
Drugs: corticosteroids,
antidepressants, and seizure
medicines.
Emotional Factors
Alcoholism
Smoking cessation
6. What causes obesity?
Pregnancy
Lack of Sleep
An Inactive Lifestyle
Work schedules.
Lack of access to healthy foods
Food advertising
Lack of neighborhood
sidewalks and safe places for
recreation
7. Types of Obesity
Upper body obesity
◦ central, abdominal, or male obesity
Lower body obesity
◦ peripheral, gluteal-femoral, or female
obesity
A waist-hip ratio
◦ >1.0 in men and 0.8 in women
indicates upper body obesity
9. Prevention and Treatment
Hereditary factors is no more than
moderate
Diet also should be decreased in saturated
fat and contain 30% or less of total calories
from fat
Treatment should focus on lifestyle
modification through a combination of a
low-calorie diet, increased physical activity,
and behavior therapy
Reduction of dietary fat without a
calorie deficit will not result in weight loss
10. Pharmacotherapy is usually
considered only after combined
diet, exercise, and behavioral
therapy has been in effect for a
minimum of 6 months
Weight loss surgery is limited to
persons with a BMI greater than 40
