Obesity: The disease being?

In the XXI century mankind has entered at the same time with a stunning set of technical features that ensure the highest level of comfort, and with a set of difficult problems. List of recent prolonged and varied, from international terrorism to global warming. However, one problem is directly related to high levels of well-being of life, reached in recent decades. This problem - Obesity.

Where does the obesity 

Obesity is called the state of the organism, at which the presence of excess fat and, consequently, weight gain due to additional fat. Beyond the immediate discomfort obesity bodily appearance and complication of a number of life-threatening diseases, including diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, stroke, nephritis, and so on. Currently, obesity without exaggeration be called a global problem - according to experts, the number of obese people the world is already over one billion people. In this case, in particular at risk people in the developed and the developing countries: Excess body weight is fixed at one third of the population of Russia, at% of 35-40 people in the U.S., half of German citizens.

Particular danger this disease makes the fact that it causes can be quite varied. Immediately starts the process of accumulation of body fat metabolism disorder (fats quickly enough removed from the biological system), but the causes may be different. Can also affect sedentary lifestyle, which the body should be an evolutionary program in good times and accumulate reserves for future physical effort, which never should be.

Of course, a direct influence over caloric intake. Can not be discounted and disease, a side effect which is a metabolic disease and obesity: The endocrine system, failures in the liver, pancreas, and so on. Obesity can lead to inadequate response and  the nervous system to various stresses, as well as the habit of day-long sleep. Finally, obesity is often a consequence of a genetic factor, the tendency to overweight may be inherited.

Diagnosis of obesity, type and extent  

Obesity is one of the few major diseases that can diagnose any person without any medical training. In this case, operates without a hitch people principle of "If a man looks complete and it is a complete" just look at the naked figures to discover excess adipose tissue in different parts of the body. In addition, knowing a person weight in the age of twenty five, when the overwhelming majority of stops the growth of the organism, can be more or less adequately assess the fluctuations of its weight in the future. Significant weight change in the upward most often be indicate that the process of developing obesity (if we are not talking about the active muscle mass due to uprated sports). However, there is a scientific method for the diagnosis of obesity using body mass index. This value is calculated by dividing the weight (in kilograms) by the square of height (in meters square). The resulting value is compared with a table of values:

* 16, 49 and less - pronounced underweight 

* from 16.5 to 18.49 - underweight 

* from 18.5 to 24.99 - the normal weight 

* 25 to 29.99 - overweight 

* 30 to 34.99 - obesity, first degree; 

* 35 to 39.99 - obesity is the second degree; 

* 40 and above - obese third degree.