Obesity and its causes

Obesity is the name given to the accumulation of excess fat mass in the body. While obesity was encountered with a frequency of 14.5% in the 1980s, it increased to 30.5% in the 2000s. Extreme obesity is seen in 4.7% of the population. Obesity is more common in women and is increasing in children. Obesity develops when energy intake is high, energy expenditure is decreased, or both. Overweight people often say by reducing the amount of food they take.

Obesity has increased in recent years, leading to the comfort brought by modern life and the fact that we spend less energy and lead our lives.

Remote controlled appliances in homes, driving even close distances, using the elevators even to go up one floor, sitting still for hours at the computer and not finding time to do active sports are the main reasons.

One of the reasons for the increase in obesity in recent years is the diet with unnatural foods that are high in energy and calories and rich in fat.

Going to bed late at night and increased mental fatigue also lead to an increase in weight gain as people tend to eat more energy-giving foods.

Stressful life often leads to obesity as it increases the need to eat.

For all these reasons, obesity has increased in recent years and will continue to increase.

Who is considered obese, is there a standard for this?

Obesity measurement is a measurement called body mass index (BMI). Here, body weight is divided by the square of the height in meters.

For example: body mass index of a person who is 200 kg and 2 meters tall;

BMI= 200/2 = 200/4 = 50.

BMI 18.5 = Thin
18.5 – 25 = Healthy
25 – 30 = Overweight
30 – 40 = OBES
40 – above= EXTREMELY OBSE

acceptable.

Another criterion is abdominal circumference. Abdominal circumference greater than 102 cm for men and 88 cm for women is considered obese.

Measurement of abdominal circumference is just as important as BMI. Because, in a sense, this shows us that the abdominal organs are lubricated and that obesity-related complications and diseases develop in the body. In those with a large abdominal circumference, there is usually a condition called insulin resistance. These individuals usually have high blood pressure and are candidates for diabetes. The risk of heart diseases is also more common in those with a normally large abdominal circumference.