Social Danger Of Health

- Obesity
AARYAN
GROUP 04
 Overweight and Obesity
 Overweight: body weight
that exceeds some aver-
age for stature, perhaps
age.

 Obesity: overfat condition

that accompanies compo-
nents of obese syndrome.
Obesity: A Global Epidemic
 Why is obesity accel-
erating in developing
countries?
 Because of increased
consumption of en-
ergy-dense, nutrient
poor foods combined
with reduced physical
activity.
Social and personal conse-
quences of Obesity
 Glucose intolerance
 Insulin resistance
 Diabetes
 Hypertenision
 Increased risk of some
cancers
 Discrimination
 Lower quality of life
 A likely susceptibility to
depression.
 Causes of Obesity
 Obesity is a long term You gonna
process. finish that?

 Obesity frequently begins

in childhood. Obese par-
ents likely have overweight
children.
 Regardless of final body
weight as adults, over-
weight children exhibit
more illnesses as adults
than normal kids.
 Causes of Obesity
 Overeating
 Factors that predispose a person to gain
excessive weight gain.
 Eating patterns
 Eating environment
 Food availability
 Body image
 Physical inactivity
 Causes of Obesity
 Physical Inactivity is an important compo-
nent

 Adults 15 & over spent average 2.73 hr/day

watching TV in 2010.
 Percent Body Fat
 Overweightness corre- Standard Men Women
sponds to any body fat
Essential 3-5 11-14
value 5% above the av-
erage value for age & Athletic 8-12 12-18
sex.
 Borderline obesity in Acceptable 13-20 19-25
young man > 20 & in
young woman >30%. Overweight 21-25 26-30

Obese >25 > 30

 Fat Patterning
 Visceral (intra-abdomi-
nal) adipose tissue (VAT)
relates to an altered
metabolic profile.
 Abdominal fat described
as android (apple) has
higher health risk than
gynoid (pear) obesity.
 Exercising To Reduce Obesity
 Increased physical activity combined with
dietary restraint maintains weight loss more
effectively than caloric restriction alone.
 For previously sedentary, overweight
people,moderate increases in physical activ-
ity does not necessarily mean increased food
intake.
 Exercise at least 3 days per week.
Maintenance of Goal Weight
 Selective fat reduction
at specific body areas by
spot reduction does and
will NOT work.
 Exercise targets fat de-
pots throughout the
body.