I'm obese

A reader asks about the risks of obesity especially as he suffers from advanced obesity and is afraid to reach obesity?

Answer the question Dr. Mohammed Aboul Gheit, consultant of obesity diseases: obesity is defined as an increase in the body's adipose tissue, whether under the skin or around the internal organs, determined by the body mass index  "Weight pallo gram square cm ", and if the indicator is 18 to 34, it indicates in the It is natural that the weight fits the length and from 25 to 29 weight gain and from 30 to 39 obesity, 40 or more obese and there is also a method dependent on the waist circumference, where the amount of fat present in this area indicates an increase in weight or obesity, and begins to gain weight in men when it is an ocean Waist 93 cm or more and when women 80 cm and obesity in men start from 102 cm and women 88 cm.

Obesity is either a disorder of hormones such as thyroid or renal hormone and these causes are about 5% of the total infection, these cases receive medical treatment and the remainder is the reason why the calorie intake of fatty foods has increased for a long time from the energy exerted in Activity and work there is also genetic predisposition in some families.

The complications of obesity are that they lead to diabetes as a result of the stress of the pancreas gland in the secretion of the hormone insulin as a result of eating a large amount of food, and accompanied obesity shortness of breath, especially during sleep due to accumulation of abdominal fat and difficulty of movement of the diaphragm, resulting in lack of ventilation In alveoli and respiratory diseases.

Dr. Aboul Gheit also asserts that the fat person is often infected with fungal infections between the skin folds associated with increased sweat secretion, as well as gout disease as a result of increased uric acid in the blood and also low fertility in the ladies and menstrual disorder, and the incidence of joint roughness, especially detailed The knee is one of the most important complications of obesity.