The degree of risk as a result of obesity depends on the relative amount of excess weight, location of body fat, etc.

Comer, can mean the fact of experiencing a good meal, do something healthy for the body, or spend an enjoyable time with family or friends.

Many social events like parties and meetings involve food. But for a person suffering an eating disorder, the eating may involve many different feelings.

The intense fear of gaining weight, and constant thoughts about food and the consequences of eating becomes an obsession for those suffering from an eating disorder.

Obesity is the result of endocrine disorders only rarely. It is a congenital disorder, and babies are not always obese throughout their development. Obesity is the result of an energy intake through food consumption exceeds energy through activity.

It has been shown that obese and normal weight people can eat the same, but until people obese later reduced intake to compensate for this excessive intake, obese people do not. Obesity may also be due to the lack of activity, as in the sedentary or bedridden.

Some of the diseases related to obesity are diabetes, gallbladder complications, cardiovascular disease and arthritis. Diabetes is caused by a disturbance of carbohydrate metabolism in which there is an excessive amount of sugar in the blood and urine.

Obesity as a risk factor

Life expectancy of obese decreases in relation to obesity, ie, overweight live fewer years ago, the mortality rate is doubled, this factor is multiplied when associated with other factors such as smoking, hyperlipidemia, hypertension or diabetes.

Increased frequency of heart disease and hypertension (10 times higher in obese).

Relationship between different types of cancers: in men with prostate and colon cancer in women: endometrial, cervical and breast cancer.

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