Why should obesity be treated?
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'Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death after smoking' World Health Organization
'Obesity should not be seen as only an aesthetic problem'
Obesity is a condition that affects the entire body system in a wide range such as joint diseases and cancer . Obesity affects the endocrine system and cardiovascular system mostly. Obesity is the most important risk factor for adult type (Type 2 diabetes). The increased amount of fat in the body, increases the resistance to insulin, secreted from the pancreas gland, which is the major regulator of glucose metabolism. So the effectiveness of insulin in the tissues gradually decreases. In addition to this, the excess of free fatty acids have toxic effects to the insulin-releasing pancreatic glands (beta cells). To treat obesity before reserves ran out of insulin in the pancreas gland, is of great importance in this respect.
Cardiovascular (heart / vascular) system adverse effects of obesity is the second most important one. Increased fat rates in the blood (triglycerides and cholesterol) predispose to atherosclerosis. When arteriosclerosis is severe, hypertension, heart attack and stroke risks emerge. Heart attack risk is two times more in obese patients than people of normal weight. 70-90% of all patients with hypertension has been shown to be obese in scientific studies .
One of the problems that obese individuals are frequently exposed is sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a disease that breathing during sleep can be brought to a halt. Sleep apnea can be seen in 40% of morbide obesity patients. Weight loss seems to be the only permanent treatment of sleep apnea.
Obesity is a risk factor for certain cancers in medical litarature. In men, especially prostate and colon cancer is reported to be increased. In women, especially the hormone-induced breast cancer is increasing. It is considered due to the increase of cholesterol , the main source of estrogen.
World Health Organization Obesity can be prevented by the second cause of death after smoking is seen as. Obesity is shown as the cause of three hundred thousand deaths each year in the United States. Given all over the world, death from obesity is much more than starvation deaths.
Heart and Vascular Diseases
Ischemic Heart Disease
Heart Failure
Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)
Hypertension
Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonerembolism
Hypercholesterolemia
Hypertriglyceridemia
Endocrinological disorders
Type 2 Diabetes
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Menstrual irregularity
Problems related to pregnancy and childbirth
Infertility
Respiratory System
Pulmonary Embolism
Sleep apnea
Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
Neurology
Pseudotumor cerebri
Migraine
Gastrointestinal System
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Steatohepatitis
Gall Bladder Stones
Psychiatry
Depression
Personality Disorders
Orthopedics and Rheumatology
Gout
The degeneration of the knee and ankle joint
Dermatology
Cellulitis
Skin infections
Oncology
Breast and uterine cancer
Colon cancer
Liver, Pancreas cancer
Prostate cancer