More than 35 is severely obese and more than 40 is very severe. More than 57 percent of diabetes cases and 17 percent of coronary heart disease are attributable to obesity, which is also a risk factor for high blood pressure, stroke, joint problems and colon, breast and uterine cancers. According to the World Health Organization, more than 300 million people around the world are obese. It sees changes in diet, lifestyle and work as the main causes of the problem. Professor Jaap Seidell, a Dutch epidemiologist who has worked with the WHO on obesity, said it was set to be the biggest single disease of the century.
Obesity is a chronic disease.
Experts attending the four-day meeting said a combination of better diets with less fat and more fruit and vegetables, more exercise, behavior modification, drug therapy and in very severe cases surgery were used to help the obese lose weight. Abstract goes here. All rights reserved.