Obesidad: factores de riesgo y tratamiento

Abstract

Obesity is a chronic disease that has a great impact on the quality of life of patients, and is a risk factor for many cardiovascular diseases, high blood pressure and diabetes. The WHO estimated in 2016 that 13% of the world's adult population is obese, with more prevalence in women. Experts consider obesity to be defined as an abnormal or excessive accumulation of fat that can be detrimental to health. The perspective of changes in eating habits, physical exercise and prevention in childhood are essential to reduce the appearance of this disease. The objective of the present investigation was to analyze the risk factors, diagnosis and treatment associated with obesity. The methodology of this work was a descriptive study based on scientific articles collected for the resolution of the clinical case. Obesity is an energy balance between the energy consumed through food and the energy we expend through physical activity, its diagnosis focuses mainly on the value of BMI, the basic treatment of obesity is to change eating habits Increase physical exercise to reduce weight, according to the degree of obesity is defined if a pharmacological or surgical treatment is added.