{"id":3505,"date":"2022-01-07T05:02:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T05:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/?p=3505"},"modified":"2022-01-21T11:01:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T11:01:28","slug":"a-ready-reckoner-on-obesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/a-ready-reckoner-on-obesity\/","title":{"rendered":"A ready reckoner on obesity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obesity is a condition of excessive accumulation of body fat to the point that it has adverse effects on health. People with body mass index (BMI) more than \u00a030% are considered as obese. Indians are turning obese at an alarming rate and obesity has spiked epidemic levels in India.<\/p>\n

The causes of obesity are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Lack of exercise and low level of physical activity.<\/li>\n
  2. Irregular and improper eating habits. \u00a0Eating a lot of junk food, high calorie food, that too, at wrong timings.<\/li>\n
  3. Emotional factors like stress and depression.<\/li>\n
  4. Hormonal imbalances and disorders like polycystic ovarian disease.<\/li>\n
  5. Genetic disorders.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The symptoms of obesity are:<\/p>\n

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    1. Low energy levels<\/li>\n
    2. Shortness of \u00a0breath<\/li>\n
    3. Disinterest in physical activities<\/li>\n
    4. Pain in the back and joints.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Obesity can lead to:<\/p>\n

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      1. Gout<\/li>\n
      2. Hypertension<\/li>\n
      3. Diabetes<\/li>\n
      4. Heart diseases<\/li>\n
      5. Sleep apnea \u2013 Breathing problems while sleeping<\/li>\n
      6. Arthritis<\/li>\n
      7. High cholesterol levels<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Obesity can be dealt with by taking following steps:<\/p>\n

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        1. Eat less and exercise more<\/li>\n
        2. Adapt to healthy food and eating habits<\/li>\n
        3. Avoid sedentary life; incorporate some physical activity in the daily routine<\/li>\n
        4. Treatment of medical conditions responsible for obesity like hormonal imbalances, polycystic ovarian disease, and depression<\/li>\n
        5. Surgeries like liposuction<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          So ascertain your ideal weight as per Body Mass Index, and start working towards achieving it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Obesity is a condition of excessive accumulation of body fat to the point that it has adverse effects on health. People with body mass index (BMI) more than \u00a030% are considered as obese. Indians are turning obese at an alarming rate and obesity has spiked epidemic levels in India. The causes of obesity are: Lack […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[262,259,249],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-healthcare","category-lifestyle-management","category-lose-weight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3506,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3505\/revisions\/3506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}