Causes of obesity and methods of treatment
Many people suffer from obesity and overweight, and this makes them unable to lead a normal life, which increases their chance of developing serious diseases.
How to measure obesity degree?
- Obesity is measured in several different methods, but the most important one is the measurement of the body mass index, in which the weight of the body is calculated in relation to height.
- The doctor diagnoses obesity if the BMI reaches or exceeds 30.
- There are modern devices that now enter the type, age and length, and the device gives you an index of the body mass with an indication of the locations of the distribution of body fat and the proportions of fats, bones, and muscle mass.
The most important causes of obesity
- Following unhealthy lifestyles, with low levels of physical exercise.
- Genetic reasons.
- Pathological causes.
- Eating large quantities of food which exceeds the needs of the body, and this always happens when a person is present among a group of those who eat large quantities of food.
- Drink large quantities of drinks with artificial sugar added, such as soft drinks, as well as all processed and abnormal juices.
- Getting used to eating outdoors, such as restaurants food and fast food, as they often have very high calories, as these meals are always rich in saturated fat and sugars.
Treatment methods to get rid of obesity
- The goal of treatment is to get rid of obesity by reducing calories, eating a balanced and healthy diet, and engaging in regular physical activity.
- The nutritional physician establishes an appropriate and nutritionally balanced program with low calories.
- The weight loss must be gradual until the patient feels better and responds to treatment, and his health begins to improve.
- You should talk to your nutritionist openly so that he can change your thoughts about food and eat it.
- The method of losing weight varies according to each person, as it depends on several factors, including the health and extent of the patient's desire to lose weight and the level of obesity.
- The doctor may have to prescribe some medications to help with the diet in weight loss diet, such as orlistat that reduces the body's absorption of fats or some drugs that suppress appetite and restrain it, and thus reduce weight or increase the rate of burning.
- Surgical treatment of obesity
Some people resort to surgeries to lose weight, as it reduces what the stomach can have, and there are other surgeries that prevent the body from absorbing calories from food, and because of the seriousness of theses surgeries, they are prescribed only for obese people, including:
- Gastric bypass surgery.
- Gastric band.
- Sleeve gastrectomy.
- Avoid obesity through a healthy lifestyle
You can avoid obesity and avoid its complications by following a healthy lifestyle with a nutritionist and diet programs to eat a healthy, balanced diet.
- Doing regular physical activity for a period of two and a half hours to five hours per week.
- Monitoring the weight on a weekly basis allows you to get acquainted with the results of the followed diet, and its success.
- The success of any weight loss diet prescribed by your doctor and the prevention of obesity requires commitment to the steps all the time to reach long-term success and not gain weight again.
And to get rid of obesity or thinness problems and be ready to regain your fitness and physical fitness
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