Dealing With Obesity Overview
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Adult morbid obesity has been seen as a worldwide pandemic with 1.1 billion people recognised worldwide as being overweight. Morbid obesity is a chronic, debilitating incurable illness.
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Why we worry about Obesity |
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Obesity is associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. This means that morbidly obese patients may live a shorter life and are at risk from a number of medical problems.
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Why is it difficult to lose weight? |
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Society tends to attribute too much of obesity to laziness and gluttony whereas we should consider it as a disease process. It is not a defect in the personality or character of the patient.
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- First line treatment consisted of dietary, exercise and behavioural modification with small resultant weight loss.
- Second line treatment is offered by drugs such as reductil and xenical.
These should precede surgery; however surgery offers the only method of sustained weight loss.
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Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to adult men and women. BMI is a measure of whether you're a healthy weight for your height.
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