“Globesity” is a word used by the World Health Organization (WHO) to describe the global epidemic of overweight and obesity. The gain weight is due to numerous factors such as an unhealthy lifestyle, a wrong diet, a lack of exercise, the change in way to live and genetic factors. It is reported that the accumulation of fat in the body starts in childhood and changes depending on sex, age and ethnicity. The illnesses linked to high body fat are obesity, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, depression, and cancer of the breast and colon. There are different tests that measure the quantity of body fat but the most used is the Body Mass Index. According to it, a person is obese when his BMI is equal or superior to 30 points. Researchers showed that diet and exercise play an important role in the treatment and prevention of obesity in patients with obesity as useful variables to predict CVD risk beyond adiposity and emerging evidence showed also the importance of cardiorespiratory fitness, skeletal muscle mass and strength. Regular exercise (and proper nutrition) can help reduce body fat as well as protect against chronic diseases associated with obesity. The (WHO), with Health 2020, is engaging all Countries to develop an efficient approach in order to resolve health diseases.The aim of this review is to discuss on obesity: epidemiology etiology, different methods to measure it, the role of physical activity and governments to solve it. Additional research may foster understanding about how and what sport to can help promote energy balance and healthy body weight. Moreover, a new pharmacological target to fight obesity and its associated diseases are represented by Endocannabinoid system

Current concept of obesity

Filomena Mazzeo
2016-01-01

Abstract

“Globesity” is a word used by the World Health Organization (WHO) to describe the global epidemic of overweight and obesity. The gain weight is due to numerous factors such as an unhealthy lifestyle, a wrong diet, a lack of exercise, the change in way to live and genetic factors. It is reported that the accumulation of fat in the body starts in childhood and changes depending on sex, age and ethnicity. The illnesses linked to high body fat are obesity, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, depression, and cancer of the breast and colon. There are different tests that measure the quantity of body fat but the most used is the Body Mass Index. According to it, a person is obese when his BMI is equal or superior to 30 points. Researchers showed that diet and exercise play an important role in the treatment and prevention of obesity in patients with obesity as useful variables to predict CVD risk beyond adiposity and emerging evidence showed also the importance of cardiorespiratory fitness, skeletal muscle mass and strength. Regular exercise (and proper nutrition) can help reduce body fat as well as protect against chronic diseases associated with obesity. The (WHO), with Health 2020, is engaging all Countries to develop an efficient approach in order to resolve health diseases.The aim of this review is to discuss on obesity: epidemiology etiology, different methods to measure it, the role of physical activity and governments to solve it. Additional research may foster understanding about how and what sport to can help promote energy balance and healthy body weight. Moreover, a new pharmacological target to fight obesity and its associated diseases are represented by Endocannabinoid system
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