What is Obesity?
Obesity is a medical condition in which fats in your body starts accumulating. It effects millions of people in the world.
How to calculate BMI( Body Mass Index).
You can calculate BMI through given formula. Divide your weight in Kilograms by height in meters squared.
Formula: BMI = weight (kg) / (height (m))²
Possible results from the above BMI formula.
Healthy Weight: BMI below 25
Overweight: BMI of 25 to 29.9
Obesity: BMI of 30 or higher
Severe Obesity: BMI of 40 or higher
Why do people suffer from obesity?
Effect of sleep on obesity:
Getting less sleep is one of the reason people suffer from obesity. Here is the reason that what are those changes that occurs inside the body that causes it. When you don’t get the required sleep, it disturbs Leptin and ghrelin hormones inside the body that promotes hunger and weight gain in the body.
Physical activities:
If you are not doing physical activities and are not active much, There is high possibility that you will suffer from
Eating unhealthy food:
Eating unhealthy food such as junk food and drinking sugar water can also cause it.
How To Treat Obesity?
Change In Your Lifestyle
Focus on Diet:
Eating pure and healthy food can really give you rid of Obesity and many other health conditions as well such as heart diseases and type 2 diabetes. So Focus on foods like fruits, veggies and lean proteins(fish, beans). Avoid eating junk food and drinks contain sugar(Soda Drinks). Keep your diet in check
physical activity:
If you really want to get rid of obesity and become healthy, Do exercise regularly up to 250 minutes of weekly moderate-intensity( According to The American College of Sports Medicine).
How to treat Obesity medically?
if you fail to combat Obesity through diet and physical activities or Exercise. You can get rid of this condition through medical treatments. There are many ways to treat it medically, but below we have discussed only two main ways.
. Medication
. Bariatric Surgery
Medication:
According to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) medicines are recommeded to those who have the BMI level of 30 kg/ or above. Here are some of the drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Orlistat
Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric surgery is for those who have a BMI of 40 or greater. You should rememeber that Doctors reccomends this surgery in case severe Obesity
Types of Bariatric surgery:
There are three types of briatric surgery.
1.Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
2.Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band.
3.Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.
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