2023-06-12 08:59:00
EIt’s not regarding the one or two kilos too much that causes the waistband of your shorts to pinch or the waist of your summer dress to be tight. There must have been a lot more over the years if the body mass index (BMI) – body weight divided by height squared – is between 25 and 29. In this case, it is “only” overweight for the time being. But even that can result in serious diseases such as hypertension (high blood pressure) and type 2 diabetes. Obesity (from the Latin adeps = “fat”/English: obesity) begins with a BMI of 30 and is divided into three degrees of severity up to over 40. And the list of secondary diseases is getting longer and longer: These include, for example, arteriosclerosis (calcification of the vessels) with an increasing risk of heart attack and stroke, hyperuricemia (gout), dyslipidemia and fatty liver, increased inflammatory activity due to visceral abdominal fat and arthrosis (joint wear and tear), also increased Risk for malignant tumors (cancer) and neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia as well as the metabolic syndrome: the combination of several factors with a life expectancy reduced by years.
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