What does morbid obesity mean?
Severe, severe obesity significantly reduces the quality of life! With excess weight, a person has difficulty performing daily activities, such as walking, breathing, sleeping. Obesity significantly increases the risk of such serious pathologies as stroke, heart disease, type 2 diabetes.
Today, many clinics use the terms severe obesity or third-degree obesity instead of morbid obesity. No matter what synonyms we use, the reality does not change - excess weight is harmful to both mental and physical health, leaves a negative mark on self-esteem, and is a cause of depression and anxiety.
“Morbid obesity” was first used in 1963 - if we look at the statistics, we find that today the number of overweight people in almost all countries is alarmingly high.
Morbid means that obesity has acquired the category of a disease, an illness.
The complications of obesity are:
- Metabolic syndrome;
- High levels of bad cholesterol;
- Excess triglycerides;
- Stroke;
- Heart disease;
- Osteoarthritis;
- Sleep apnea;
- Depression;
- Anxiety;
- Some types of cancer;
- Gallbladder disease;
- Body pain.
Doctors associate the development of obesity (any level of excess weight) with the following circumstances:
- Diet and level of physical activity;
- The personal economic level of the population, unfortunately, not everyone has the financial means to always eat healthily;
- Financial problems are also cited as the reason why they cannot buy a gym membership or attend dance or aerobics classes;
- Genetic predisposition;
- History of a disease that provokes obesity;
- Stressful environment;
- Insomnia.
Source:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320460
