Obesity - A Disease?
Yes! Obesity is a chronic, non-communicable progressive disease stated by the World Health Organization (WHO) along with national and International medical and scientific societies.
Yes! Obesity is a chronic, non-communicable progressive disease stated by the World Health Organization (WHO) along with national and International medical and scientific societies.
70 years of research says obesity is not simply due to poor self-control or a lack of willpower. Pathophysiology says conditions that govern body weight are homeostatic mechanisms involved in sensing and adapting to changes in the Body's internal metabolism, Environmental food availability, and Activity levels to maintain the body's weight and fat stability. This leads to unwanted weight gain maintenance and the roles that excess weight and fat misdistribution play in contributing to chronic diseases such as diabetes, dyslipidemia, heart diseases, NAFLD, and other diseases.
Excess weight may increase the risk for many health problems including,
