Development of Obesity:
The level of fats in our body control by a system which works like a thermostat. This system has a point around which the level of fats is maintained in our body. When a person persistently intake high caloric content or over eating than this point shifted from its original value to a higher one. The body then recognizes this elevated point as normal and as a result body increase the storage and eventually obesity occurs.
Causes of Obesity:
Obesity is caused by taking high calories than the body requirement. Obesity also caused by various factors such as:
- Lifestyle factors that include food of high caloric contents, smoking, high alcohol intake (alcohol increases the metabolism of body) high biscuits intake etc.
- Socioeconomic factors may also influence the obesity; in US women of low socioeconomic status are at high risk of obesity rather than women of high socioeconomic status because these women have not enough time & resources for dieting & exercise.
- Developmental factors: An increase in size or number of fat cells providing aid to store more fat in body.
- Physical factors: lack of physical activity (exercise, walking, cycling etc) is also a major risk factor.
- Drugs: Steroids, Antipsychotic drugs & some hormones can cause obesity.
- Psychological stress: promote the development of some eating behavior disorders such as OVER-NIGHT EATING SYNDROME (lack of appetite in morning but overeating at night leads to obesity, insomnia, agitation).
Treatment of Obesity :
Consume less caloric food stuff and adopt healthy, physically active life style to maintain your body weight and exercise regularly because when you loose your weight by any method and stop this then obesity re-occur within 3 years so be careful about your healthy life.
Tumescent liposuction also use for weight reductions.
Some drugs (Phentermine, sibutramine, Orlistat) also used for weight reduction.
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