WATCH  YOUR WEIGHT  TODAY FOR HEALTHIER TOMORROW

Today’s fast paced life , hectic schedules , work pressures ,---there is literally no time for your self !

We snatch our burgers /pizzas and colas in lunch break before rushing on for another meeting .

We’ve no time to think and pause …

Our health is the main casualty in this stress full consumerism , where we desire bigger houses and still bigger cars ,[ nothing wrong with that as long as we take care of our health]!

Today i deal with one major health problem

OBESITY  AND ITS HEALTH HAZARDS!!!

Obesity is the latest and most dangerous global epidemic &health problem!

ARE YOU OVERWEIGHT ?

This  can be determined by calculating the body mass index BMI defined as the weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared

OVERWEIGHT .DEFINED AS BMI  OF 25 TO 29.9KG/M2

OBESITY .DEFINED AS A BMI OF >30 KG/M2

MORBID OBESITY .DEFINED AS BMI >_35 KG/M2

MORTALTY

A number of epidemiologic studies have shown that relationship between obesity and mortality exists .

In general , greater BMI  is associated with increased rate of death from all causes and from cardiovascular causes .

Estimates for the annual number of excess death s attributed to obesity are variable and range from 111,909 to 365,000.

HEALTH HAZARDS OF OBESITY

A]MORE LIKELY TO HAVE

Increased serum total cholestrol >240 mg /dl

B] MORE LIKELY TO HAVE HYPERTENSION {B.P.>140/90 MM HG]

C] MORE LIKELY TO HAVE  HEART ATTACK AND AT EARLY AGE

D] MORE LIKELY TO HAVE TYPE 2 DIABETES

       Type2 diabetes is strongly associated with obesity in all ethnic groups

A curvilinear relation ship between bmi and risk of type 2 diabetes was found in nurses health study .

The lowest risk was associated with BMI  below 22 kg/m2

At a BMI >35 kg/m2 THE RISK OF DIABETES INCREASED TO 61.

Wt gain after 18 years in women and 20 years in men also increased the risk of type 2 diabetes.

WT LOSS IS ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED RISK OF TYPE 2 DIABETES

E]  INSULIN RESISTANCE WITH HYPER INSULINEMIA IS CHARACTERISTIC OF OBESITY ---MORE SO CENTRAL OBESITY.

F ] DYS LIPIDEMIAS

Obesity is associated with several deleterious changes in lipid metabolism .

Unfavorable obesity related effects include

Increased serum cholestrol.

Increased  ldl cholestrol

Increased vldl cholestrol

INCREASED TRIGLYCERIDES

ALL OF THESE RE IMPORTANT FACTORS FOR CORONARY HEART DISEASE!

G] RISK OF DEVELOPING GOUTY ARTHRITIS INCREASE WITH BODY WT.

H]HEART DISEASE

Obesity is associated with number of risk factors associated with atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.

DATA FROM FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY AND NURSES

health study and elsewhere have documented the increased risk of chd with being overwt.

H ] STROKE

Data from nurses health study found that both an increased bmi {>27kg/m2} and wt gain after 18 years was associated with increased risk of ischemic stroke .

THE RELATIVE RISK WAS 1.8FOR A BMI OF 27 –28.9 KG/M2

                                                 1.9 FOR A BMI OF 29—31.9 KG /M2

                                                 2.4 FOR A BMI OF 32 KG/M2 OR MORE

AS COMPARED WITH BMI OF LESS THAN 21 KG/M2.

I } HEPATO BILIARY DISEASES

Obesity effects hepatobiliary system , primarily by causing –increased risk of gall stones .

J]OSTEO ARTHRITIS

The incidence of osteo arthritis is increased in obese subjects , and is responsible for major cost of obesity .Osteo arthritis is common in in knees and ankles , this may be directly related to trauma associated with excess body wt.

K] MISCELLANEOUS

Certain forms of cancers occur with increased frequency in obese men and women .

COST OF OBESITY

Today we may be too busy ,

We’ may not have the time for all this …

But watch out tomorrow may be too late

When you have too take out time ‘’forcibly’’

IN SWEDISH OBESITY STUDIES

Subjects had 1.4 to 2.4 times the number of days of sick leave as did normal weight subjects and were 1.5 to 2.8  times as likely to draw a disability pension.

TO CONCLUDE

Obesity is associated with  significant excess morbidity and mortality and we should act now by life style changes and dietary modifications

Now

Tomorrow may be too late !

GOOD LUCK !!

THERAPY FOR OBESITY ….IN NEXT BLOG

WATCH  YOUR WEIGHT  TODAY FOR HEALTHIER TOMORROW

Today’s fast paced life , hectic schedules , work pressures ,---there is literally no time for your self !

We snatch our burgers /pizzas and colas in lunch break before rushing on for another meeting .

We’ve no time to think and pause …

Our health is the main casualty in this stress full consumerism , where we desire bigger houses and still bigger cars ,[ nothing wrong with that as long as we take care of our health]!

Today i deal with one major health problem

OBESITY  AND ITS HEALTH HAZARDS!!!

Obesity is the latest and most dangerous global epidemic &health problem!

ARE YOU OVERWEIGHT ?

This  can be determined by calculating the body mass index BMI defined as the weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared

OVERWEIGHT .DEFINED AS BMI  OF 25 TO 29.9KG/M2

OBESITY .DEFINED AS A BMI OF >30 KG/M2

MORBID OBESITY .DEFINED AS BMI >_35 KG/M2

MORTALTY

A number of epidemiologic studies have shown that relationship between obesity and mortality exists .

In general , greater BMI  is associated with increased rate of death from all causes and from cardiovascular causes .

Estimates for the annual number of excess death s attributed to obesity are variable and range from 111,909 to 365,000.

HEALTH HAZARDS OF OBESITY

A]MORE LIKELY TO HAVE

Increased serum total cholestrol >240 mg /dl

B] MORE LIKELY TO HAVE HYPERTENSION {B.P.>140/90 MM HG]

C] MORE LIKELY TO HAVE  HEART ATTACK AND AT EARLY AGE

D] MORE LIKELY TO HAVE TYPE 2 DIABETES

       Type2 diabetes is strongly associated with obesity in all ethnic groups

A curvilinear relation ship between bmi and risk of type 2 diabetes was found in nurses health study .

The lowest risk was associated with BMI  below 22 kg/m2

At a BMI >35 kg/m2 THE RISK OF DIABETES INCREASED TO 61.

Wt gain after 18 years in women and 20 years in men also increased the risk of type 2 diabetes.

WT LOSS IS ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED RISK OF TYPE 2 DIABETES

E]  INSULIN RESISTANCE WITH HYPER INSULINEMIA IS CHARACTERISTIC OF OBESITY ---MORE SO CENTRAL OBESITY.

F ] DYS LIPIDEMIAS

Obesity is associated with several deleterious changes in lipid metabolism .

Unfavorable obesity related effects include

Increased serum cholestrol.

Increased  ldl cholestrol

Increased vldl cholestrol

INCREASED TRIGLYCERIDES

ALL OF THESE RE IMPORTANT FACTORS FOR CORONARY HEART DISEASE!

G] RISK OF DEVELOPING GOUTY ARTHRITIS INCREASE WITH BODY WT.

H]HEART DISEASE

Obesity is associated with number of risk factors associated with atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.

DATA FROM FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY AND NURSES

health study and elsewhere have documented the increased risk of chd with being overwt.

H ] STROKE

Data from nurses health study found that both an increased bmi {>27kg/m2} and wt gain after 18 years was associated with increased risk of ischemic stroke .

THE RELATIVE RISK WAS 1.8FOR A BMI OF 27 –28.9 KG/M2

                                                 1.9 FOR A BMI OF 29—31.9 KG /M2

                                                 2.4 FOR A BMI OF 32 KG/M2 OR MORE

AS COMPARED WITH BMI OF LESS THAN 21 KG/M2.

I } HEPATO BILIARY DISEASES

Obesity effects hepatobiliary system , primarily by causing –increased risk of gall stones .

J]OSTEO ARTHRITIS

The incidence of osteo arthritis is increased in obese subjects , and is responsible for major cost of obesity .Osteo arthritis is common in in knees and ankles , this may be directly related to trauma associated with excess body wt.

K] MISCELLANEOUS

Certain forms of cancers occur with increased frequency in obese men and women .

COST OF OBESITY

Today we may be too busy ,

We’ may not have the time for all this …

But watch out tomorrow may be too late

When you have too take out time ‘’forcibly’’

IN SWEDISH OBESITY STUDIES

Subjects had 1.4 to 2.4 times the number of days of sick leave as did normal weight subjects and were 1.5 to 2.8  times as likely to draw a disability pension.

TO CONCLUDE

Obesity is associated with  significant excess morbidity and mortality and we should act now by life style changes and dietary modifications

Now

Tomorrow may be too late !

GOOD LUCK !!

THERAPY FOR OBESITY ….IN NEXT BLOG

WATCH  YOUR WEIGHT  TODAY FOR HEALTHIER TOMORROW

Today’s fast paced life , hectic schedules , work pressures ,---there is literally no time for your self !

We snatch our burgers /pizzas and colas in lunch break before rushing on for another meeting .

We’ve no time to think and pause …

Our health is the main casualty in this stress full consumerism , where we desire bigger houses and still bigger cars ,[ nothing wrong with that as long as we take care of our health]!

Today i deal with one major health problem

OBESITY  AND ITS HEALTH HAZARDS!!!

Obesity is the latest and most dangerous global epidemic &health problem!

ARE YOU OVERWEIGHT ?

This  can be determined by calculating the body mass index BMI defined as the weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared

OVERWEIGHT .DEFINED AS BMI  OF 25 TO 29.9KG/M2

OBESITY .DEFINED AS A BMI OF >30 KG/M2

MORBID OBESITY .DEFINED AS BMI >_35 KG/M2

MORTALTY

A number of epidemiologic studies have shown that relationship between obesity and mortality exists .

In general , greater BMI  is associated with increased rate of death from all causes and from cardiovascular causes .

Estimates for the annual number of excess death s attributed to obesity are variable and range from 111,909 to 365,000.

HEALTH HAZARDS OF OBESITY

A]MORE LIKELY TO HAVE

Increased serum total cholestrol >240 mg /dl

B] MORE LIKELY TO HAVE HYPERTENSION {B.P.>140/90 MM HG]

C] MORE LIKELY TO HAVE  HEART ATTACK AND AT EARLY AGE

D] MORE LIKELY TO HAVE TYPE 2 DIABETES

       Type2 diabetes is strongly associated with obesity in all ethnic groups

A curvilinear relation ship between bmi and risk of type 2 diabetes was found in nurses health study .

The lowest risk was associated with BMI  below 22 kg/m2

At a BMI >35 kg/m2 THE RISK OF DIABETES INCREASED TO 61.

Wt gain after 18 years in women and 20 years in men also increased the risk of type 2 diabetes.

WT LOSS IS ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED RISK OF TYPE 2 DIABETES

E]  INSULIN RESISTANCE WITH HYPER INSULINEMIA IS CHARACTERISTIC OF OBESITY ---MORE SO CENTRAL OBESITY.

F ] DYS LIPIDEMIAS

Obesity is associated with several deleterious changes in lipid metabolism .

Unfavorable obesity related effects include

Increased serum cholestrol.

Increased  ldl cholestrol

Increased vldl cholestrol

INCREASED TRIGLYCERIDES

ALL OF THESE RE IMPORTANT FACTORS FOR CORONARY HEART DISEASE!

G] RISK OF DEVELOPING GOUTY ARTHRITIS INCREASE WITH BODY WT.

H]HEART DISEASE

Obesity is associated with number of risk factors associated with atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.

DATA FROM FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY AND NURSES

health study and elsewhere have documented the increased risk of chd with being overwt.

H ] STROKE

Data from nurses health study found that both an increased bmi {>27kg/m2} and wt gain after 18 years was associated with increased risk of ischemic stroke .

THE RELATIVE RISK WAS 1.8FOR A BMI OF 27 –28.9 KG/M2

                                                 1.9 FOR A BMI OF 29—31.9 KG /M2

                                                 2.4 FOR A BMI OF 32 KG/M2 OR MORE

AS COMPARED WITH BMI OF LESS THAN 21 KG/M2.

I } HEPATO BILIARY DISEASES

Obesity effects hepatobiliary system , primarily by causing –increased risk of gall stones .

J]OSTEO ARTHRITIS

The incidence of osteo arthritis is increased in obese subjects , and is responsible for major cost of obesity .Osteo arthritis is common in in knees and ankles , this may be directly related to trauma associated with excess body wt.

K] MISCELLANEOUS

Certain forms of cancers occur with increased frequency in obese men and women .

COST OF OBESITY

Today we may be too busy ,

We’ may not have the time for all this …

But watch out tomorrow may be too late