The obesity is a chronic disease characterized by the excessive fat accumulation in the organism. This excess of weight is associated with multiple problems of health when the patient maintains it by long time. The obesity is the chronic most frequent world-wide level disease.

The obesity is a controlable, like the arterial hypertension or the diabetes and therefore requires of long term programs handling such as diet, exercise, change in the life habits, handling with medicines and in the most severe cases handling with surgical procedures such as gastric band, gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy.

This disease brings itself severe complications and it is associated to hypertension, diabetes, elevation of the cholesterol problems in joints (hips, knees, column). Respiratory problems (dream apnea), gallstones, etc. In addition constitute a factor of risk for cardiovascular diseases (coronary disease, cardiac infarct), and some types of cancer.

The treatments with multiple important diets produce lost of weight, but the patient usually recovers the lost weight quickly, is well know that diets for the handling of the severe obesity fail in 95% of the patients.

LOSE WEIGHT, YOU GAIN HEALTH OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY COMPLICATIONS

The obesity is a chronic disease, characterized by excess of fat in the body, mainly accumulated in the fat tissue, that conditions your health. Is considered like a imbalance between the consumed energy and the used energy, where the excess of energy is stored by the body like fat.

The obesity is more than a esthetic problem, is a problem of public health because it affects an important percentage of the population, without distinction of sex, race, economic status, etc.

CAUSES

The obesity causes are multiple:

• High power consumption in diet

• Genetic Factors

• Environmental Factors (life style)

• Aging

• Pregnancies

What is clear is that the obesity not always is consequence of an abuse of the epetecibles food consumption, or the lack of physical activity. Also it can be influenced by biological factors (hormones, genetics), stress, medicines and aging.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

• Agitation, problems to breathe.

• Weight excess, exhaustion

• Increase of corporal fat

• Signs and symptoms of other diseases asociated to the obesity

• Sedentary Life

• Psychological Problems. Sepresión, low self-esteem, etc.

CONSEQUENCES

The consequences that the obesity and the overweight can have in the health are numerous and varied, from a greater risk of premature death to several ailments psychological weaknesses and, that are not mortal but they can have a negative effect on quality life.

The main problems of health associated to the obesity and excess of weight are:

Mellitus diabetes

Coronary disease (disease that increases the possibility of suffer a heart attack)

It elevates the arterial pressure

It elevates triglycerides values and cholesterol in blood.

Respiratory diseases

Some types of cancer

Osteoarthritis (mainly in the inferior part of the back)

Psychological problems

Worsening in the perception of the quality of life

The risk degree depends, among other things, of the relative amount of weight excess, the location of the corporal fat, how much it has risen of weight during the adult age and the amount of physical activity. Most of these problems can be improved thinning a little (between 10 and 15%), specially if also the physical activity is increased.

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR.

It is important that, when a person begins to increase its weight, tries to control it by themself. To do it, is fundamental that visits our doctors.

Our doctors, besides to give you instructions and dietetic recommendations, will make you several tests to know what causes are triggering the obesity and to discard possible complications because of that obesity.

They will be in charge to inform you about your initial weight, ideal weight and objectives to reach, besides to offer a monthly control of his therapy.

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