Obesity

Obesity

abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health.
Prevelance
BMI
1. a measure of body fat based on your weight in relation to your height, and applies to most adult men and women aged 20 and over.
Types
Causes
1. Psychlogical
  1. Eating disorders
    1. Anorexia Nervosa
    2. Bulimia Nervosa
    3. Binge Eating disorder
  2. Stress
2. Biological
  1. Genetic
  2. Hormonal
3. Sedentary lifestyle
4. Medications
5. Diet
  1. Types
    1. Vegetarian diets
    2. Semi-vegetarian diets
    3. Low-calorie diets
    4. Very low calorie diets
    5. Low-carbohydrate diets
    6. Low-fat diets
Complication
1. respiratory system and sleep
  1. sleep apnea
  2. asthma
  3. breathlessness
2. digestive system
  1. GERD
3. reproductive system
  1. PCOS-polycystic ovary syndrome
4. cardiovascular system
  1. heart attack
5. Liver
  1. nonalcoholic fatty liver disease-NALD
Associated with increase in
1. Hunger
  1. Definition
    1. Craving for food
  2. associated with
    1. release of Ghrelin
    2. rhythmical contractions of stomach
  3. Neural control
    1. Feeding center
      1. Lateral nuclei of the hypothalamus
      2. Dorso-medial nucleus
    2. Satiety center
      1. VNH
      2. PVN
Anatomy of the liver
Histology of the liver
Functions of the liver
1. Bile production
2. Storage
3. Metabolism
  1. Carbs
  2. Proteins
  3. Fat
Can be caused by
1. Menopause
  1. Phases
  2. Signs and symptoms
Investigations
1. Blood tests
2. X-ray for the back
3. Spirometry test
Management
1. Drugs
2. Psychological treatment
3. Surgery
  1. gastric banding surgery
  2. gastric bypass
  3. sleeve gastrectomy
  4. GASTRIC INJECTION

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