Obesity is characterized by a condition in which an individual puts on excess weight or body fat. It’s not any severe problem in itself, but it increases the risks of many severe health problems, mainly diabetes, high blood pressure, heart diseases, and cancers.
Obesity mainly depends on inherited or genetic factors. Apart from that, lifestyle plays a major role in this problem. Certain habits, especially dietary, physical inactiveness, and a few environmental factors, can be responsible for obesity. Even a little bit or nominal weight loss can decrease the risks of health problems associated with this medical condition. Diet changes, physical activeness with some exercises, and few lifestyle alternations can help lose weight. Some additional practices can help treat obesity.
Causes of Obesity
In general, genetic, metabolic, and hormonal influences factors influence body weight. Apart from that, taking more calories than the required amount throughout the day also causes obesity. The unhealthy and unwanted calorie gets stored in the body as fat. Fast foods, colas, and energy-drinks contain high-calories that are the major factors behind increasing obesity in people. In stress & anxiety, people don’t feel overeaten and eat a lot so one should also avoid eating in such conditions as it may increase obesity.
Risk factors for Obesity
Many factors can increase the risks of obesity. Mentioned-below are the major factors responsible for this medical condition:
Genetic factors
Some people get this problem as genetic inheritance, and such people find it hard to lose weight.
Environmental factors
The environment around you can also be responsible for obesity as it ensures how and what you eat. And what physical activities you perform often. One may be higher at risk of obesity if he/she
has a limited healthy food option
doesn’t know much to cook
can’t afford to purchase healthier foods
Psychological conditions & some lifestyle choices
Psychological factors, mainly depression, can also cause obesity as people having depression usually eat their favorite foods to manage depression. Consequently, they eat more and more and do no physical activity. This condition can increase your body fat drastically. Many antidepressants can increase the risk of obesity. Apart from that, intake of many medications can also raise obesity risk.
Furthermore, our day-to-day life plays a crucial role in obesity. People who have poor lifestyle choices such as intake of fast foods or junk items, taking alcohol, and doing no physical exercises may also put extra weight on your body.
Complications of Obesity
Obese people are more prone to develop some serious health problems. Some of those are
Heart diseases & strokes
Type 2 diabetes
Some cancers
Digestive problems
Sleep apnea
Osteoarthritis
Complications
Diagnosis of Obesity
Body Mass Index (BMI) tells you about an ideal body weight with respect to height. Keep a look at BMI to know your ideal weight as per your height. Checking your weight and looking BMI, your physician can confirm if you are obese. A high BMI can indicate a high body fat, which needs to reduce soon to prevent complications linked to obesity.
What’s the best cure for obesity?
Obesity treatment helps an obese person to get his ideal body weight and manage this weight. It helps a patient enjoying good health and lowers the risks of many health complications related to obesity. In this process, one may need the help of a health professional or team of professionals that may include a dietician, obesity specialist, and therapist. These specialists help you lose weight by suggesting alterations in different activities.
This treatment’s initial goal is to see a modest weight loss, merely 5-10% of the overall body weight. Every sort of weight loss program suggests alternations in eating habits and increasing physical activity.
Dietary changes
In order to overcome obesity, reducing calories by following healthier eating habits are a must. By following dietary practices, you may lose weight significantly and can keep your body away from putting on extra fat. It is considered the best way to beat obesity and maintain a healthy weight for longer naturally.
Choose the diet that suits your body type and works for you. Dietary changes to cure obesity include
Cut back on calories.
Make healthier food choices.
Avoid certain foods strictly.
Stomach fullness on less.
Replace meals with their products.
Exercises & physical activity
Exercises and physical activity play a significant role in beating obesity. People who want to maintain their ideal body weight should include some exercises in their lifestyle.
Additionally, Allopathy suggests making behavioral changes, following prescribed medications, and many other day-to-day life changes are recommended. One of the major aspects of conventional obesity treatment is weight loss surgery.
Weight loss surgery
Some people with high body fat require weight loss surgery that is known as Bariatric Surgery. This surgery may be conducted if an obese person has tried many methods to lose weight but haven’t worked and
he/she has extreme obesity
he/she has serious problems, mainly diabetes or hypertension
Most of these procedures are used to cure obesity, especially by Allopathy.
Obesity treatment in Ayurveda
Ayurveda has a better healing methodology to cure this health problem. In Ayurveda, obesity is considered as Santarpanottha Vikaras (a problem that occurs due to excess calorie intake). In other words, it is described as an excessive accumulation of Meda (fat tissue) and Mamsa (flesh tissue) that may cause flabbiness to appear in some of your body parts such as abdomen, hips, thighs, etc.
Ayurveda utilizes a set of ancient treatments as per Vikaras or other body factor imbalance.
This natural treatment mainly uses a set of natural treatment procedures such as fasting, massages, a non-nourishing diet, and some specific physical activities. Yoga also plays a crucial role in reducing excessive fat from the body. Many other factors are also considered while curing obesity by Ayurveda.
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