Obesity and Diets

Obesity has come to the entire United States as an epidemic in plague like proportions effecting one of every four adults. How obese is your state in a statistic sense, are you aware of how serious the epidemic has become in this day in age? Find your stare amongst the Statemaster charts. My own state ranked at an extreme heavy of four in the nation reminding me just how important it truly is to help educate and inform those who are left in the dark of just how serious obesity has become and how it doesn't just effect the health aspect of the obese person but also their mental state as it's no secret that we all live in a rather cruel world full of ignorance, close mindedness and criticism.

Wikipedia refers to obesity as a health condition to which there is an extreme increase in the body's natural reserve, stored in the fatty tissue. So increased in fact that it is associated with an increased mortality rate as well as being associated with a series of certain medical conditions that can become very serious. Considered as an individual clinical condition, obesity is views as being a serious and continuously growing public medical condition. With the excessive body weight that comes along with being obese, particular health problems can be fatal just as obesity itself. These medical conditions include cardiovascular disease, typw two diabetes, sleep apnea and osteoarthritis.

Obesity can be defined in absolute and/or relative terms. Obesity can be evaluated in absolute terms by measuring the body mass index, but also in terms of the distribution throughout the waist circumference or waist-hip circumference in ratio measurements. The presence of obesity should be regarded with the context of other risk factors along with other medical conditions that could influence risk of complications to the body.

Other factors of risk and/or disease associated with obesity are also used in clinical diagnosis. Smoking, hypertension, age and family history can be associated within the risk factors that may indicate treatment of the medical condition. There are many factors of what can cause obesity. The first factor being that of lifestyle habits. Researchers have concluded that with a combination of excessive nutrient intake along with sedentary lifestyle habits is in fact the main cause of rapid acceleration obesity wise within society.

It is extremely evident that overeating is a substantial problem despite all of the information and nutritional education within physicians' offices, schools, the internet and displays on groceries. There is also a more heavy reliance on fast food meals which are dense in energy. The calorie intake number has twice quadrupled since the year 1977.

Dietary intake has however become rather insufficient in explaining the phenomenal rise of obesity levels in much of the industrialized world. With sedentary lifestyle habits increased, it plays a significant role. Also, less well established lifestyle habits and issues may also influence obesity that can include a stressful mentality and insufficient sleeping patterns.

Aside from lifestyle habits, and along with other medical conditions, the imbalance in calories that result in obesity can also be a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Multiple genetic abnormalities that predispose to obesity have been identified which includes such as Prader-Willi syndrome, Bardet-Biedl syndrome, MOMO syndrome, leptin receptor mutations and melanocortin receptor mutations. However, known single-locus mutations have been found in a small five percent of those who are diagnosed as being obese. While it is typically thought that a large proportion of the causative genes are still to be identified, much obesity is likely the result of interactions between multiple genes, and non-genetic factors are likely also rather important.
In a study that was conducted in 2007. Fairly common mutations in the FTO gene heterozygotes had a 30% increased risk of obesity, to where homozygotes faced a 70% risk increase.
Certain ethnic groups may be more likely to become obese than others in a population sense of the condition. Some pysical and mental conditions as well as multiple pharmaceutical substances can also be predisposed to obesity. Aside from the natural fact that correcting these situations may actually come to improve obesity rates, the presence of increased body weight may complicate the management of others.

Medical conditions that are known to increase obesity risk include several rare congenital syndromes such as hypothyroidism, Cushing's syndrome and growth hormone deficiency.
Smoking cessation is also a known cause for moderate weight gain, as nicotine from cigarettes and tobacco related products suppress the appetite. Certain medications which include that of steroids, atypical antipsychotics, and certain fertility medication can also cause weight gain.
Another illness that increases obesity risk is that of mental conditions. More particularly bulimia nevosa and binge eating disorder.

If you or someone you know is currently one out of four adults who are obese, there is still hope. However, like any medical condition - if left untreated by a physician, it can only worsen with time. Also, if the obese person isn't willing to help themselves along the way, you shouldn't expect to help them as with any weight loss routine or healthy diet, if you're not willing to stick it out and follow it throughly, it will likely lead to failure of your weight goals.
There are multiple ways to treat obesity as well as decrease your risk of becoming obese. These ways can include exercise, medications and bariatric surgical procedure. However, the first step to seeking help for obesity it to speak with your physician and find a course of action that suits you and that you will follow.

Win over obesity, don't let obesity win over you.