When we talk about Obesity means having an excess of fat in the
body. It is different from being overweight, which means weighing too
much. The cause of that is when more calories are ingested than those that
you burn, also one of a bad diet or lack of physical exercise, there are also
genetic and organic factors, as well as socioeconomic factors.
There are certain risk when
there is obesity. Obesity increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease,
stroke, arthritis and certain cancers. If you are obese, losing at least
five to 10 percent of your weight can delay or prevent some of these diseases. (medlineplus,
2018)
In our country the obesity
figures have increased:
“In Chile the numbers indicate that in our country, 34.4% of the
population over 15 years old is obese. In the case of the United States, this
condition affects 40% of its population in the same age range”. (publimetro, 2018)
The reasons why obesity is
a disease are: Obesity is a chronic disease, although there are multiples
factors of what they can cause, it affects negatively the health.
“Obesity causes
clear harm to health, reduces the quality of life and decreases the
functionality of the people who present it. But Furthermore, as the WHO warns,
it is related to some of the most important causes of death. It is linked to
60% of deaths due to non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular diseases, cancer
or diabetes) and this figure will rise to 73% in 2020”. (basulto, 2018)
There are mental
factor that influence but these factors also in the end are disease, the say
that it is not a disease because it is a serious mental disorder contradictory.
The factors that contribute to
obesity are very diverse, many of which they are beyond the control of the
individual presenting it; for other part, obesity causes a lot of suffering and
contributes significantly to bad health, to functional dysfunctions.
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