Obesity can invite a plethora of health issues. Know from a doctor about certain lifestyle modifications and healthy habits that can help you to stay in top shape.
Excess body fat means obesity and it is one of the most common and difficult problems faced by mankind today because of changing lifestyles, bad eating habits and various environmental factors which makes it thrive and has now resulted in obesity becoming a huge medical problem. Obesity can occur because of lack of physical activities, excess diet, low cost easy available foods, high-density foods, high snack consumption, less exercise, availability of high tech gadgets like televisions and computers that do not allow us to do physical exercise and various other reasons but apart from this, there are still many other reasons why obesity can occur like certain physiological reasons and some genetic reasons too.
In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Manish Motwani, Chief Bariatric Surgeon at Aastha Bariatrics, Centre of Excellence in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, told Zarafshan Shiraz, “Diabetes is one disease that can damage every part of the body and obesity forms one of the most common and the most important reason for diabetes. Apart from diabetes, there are various other medical problems that can come up like high BP, infertility, cardiac problems, acidity problems, various gynaecological problems and hormonal problems. So each and every medical problem that happens because of obesity, in itself is a big disease. So it is very important for us not only to treat obesity but also to treat it in time so that these medical problems don’t occur and if at all they occur, we can still do sufficient enough to ensure that our body is not only cleared of obesity but also cured of unwanted medical problems. It is the need of the hour to battle the bulge and lead a healthy life.”
Dr Manish Motwani added, “Changing lifestyles and diet patterns have resulted in obesity, which is also a progressive disease. We have seen that because of obesity, there is a severe decrease in life expectancy. The best part of obesity is that it is a preventable disease. So, if the action is taken on time, it can really help us solve most of the problems because of obesity and also ensure we live a disease-free life. The good news is that even modest weight loss can improve or prevent the health problems associated with obesity.” He listed 3 ways on how you can tackle obesity.
Dietary changes increase physical activity and behaviour changes can help you lose weight. Prescription medications and weight-loss procedures are additional options for treating obesity.
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