This Website Is Dedicated To Fight Obesity

Obesity is one of the most common disorders. It is defined by NIH as a body weight twenty percent or more above the desirable weight. Over one third population of adult Americans is overweight. Obesity is one of the most difficult and frustrating disorder to manage.

Americans spent over $35 billion last year on diet books, diet meals, weight loss drugs, weight loss classes, exercise videos and other weight loss aids. 

Obesity is also associated with many other clinical disorders. These include diseases of digestive tract like formation of gall stones, respiratory impairment, thromboembolic disorders, degenerative disease of weight bearing and non weight bearing joints, heart failure and skin disorders. Obese subjects are more likely to suffer from obstetric and surgical complications. They are also at higher risk of psychological disorders. Obese people also suffer from social discrimination. Increased abdominal obesity is associated with increased cardiovascular impairment and total mortality.

Medically, measurement of waist and hip circumferences is very useful. A waist to hip ratios of 0.8 and 1.0 are considered normal in women and men respectively.  Values of   waist to hip ratio above these normal values indicate visceral and /or abdominal obesity and a increased risk of obesity related diseases.

The main treatment for obesity disorder is to reduce body fat by eating fewer calories and doing more exercise.

Losing weight and keeping it off is  really difficult for most people.  That is why it is important to begin a weight loss program with the help of your doctor and a  dietitian. With their  help you can  find ways to decrease calories but still enjoy foods you like. Doctors may also prescribe you some medicines to avoid damage to body organs, due to high cholesterol and high triglycerides which are present in your blood stream. For this, before you begin any exercise, particularly if your body mass index (BMI) is above 30, you must get lipid profile test done. You can also get suggestions from doctors and  dietitians about changing your old habits to new habits. Even if you manage to loose little weight it can reduce your risk for diabetes and other serious conditions.

If all Americans are able to achieve a normal body weight there would be increase in life expectancy by at least three years, coronary heart diseases would be lowered by twenty-six percent and there would be thirty-four percent lesser cases of  stroke and cognitive heart failure.