OBESITY MANAGEMENT

Obesity is a condition where the body weight is more than the ideal weight by 20% or more. The classification and respective causes of obesity are as follows:

1. In childhood, the causes are hereditary tendency, social causes, and lack of activity.
2. In adolescence, the causes are puberty, inactivity, and junk food.
3. In adulthood, disturbances in eating habits and patterns by visual factors, olfactory factors, psychiatric illnesses, boredom, and social causes. Marriage can also be a factor in causing obesity. In women, obesity can also occur during pregnancy, lactation, in infertility, or menopause.
4. Lack of activity: Obesity develops when calorie input exceeds calorie output
5. Diseases Obesity is a chronic condition, therfore before begining a weight loss program you must receive clearance from your physician.

Please keep in mind that your aim has be a reduction in the fat and not the lean tissue of your body. You must realize that the program will have to be continued lifelong, failing to do so will result in regaining the lost weight. This is not a quick fix weight loss scheme, rather it is a lifestyle change, that will include proper exercise and nutrition.