Presently there is none of the region / country which is not yet hit by evil of obesity. Whether it is a developed or developing nation, all faces common health hazard which is termed as 'Obesity'. Obesity which in usual terms means over weight is not only the overweight problem, buts its consequences are severe. Obesity in medical terms relates to unwanted or excess fat in our body (in the form of adipose tissue). The main problem which lies behind its immense widespread in developed nations (mainly Australia) is lack of ignorance among the common mass.
Obese people are highly prone to - Heart diseases, stroke or brain attack, diabetes, cancer of the gall bladder, Osteoarthritis (wearing away of joints), Gout, breathing problem, high cholesterol, high blood pressure etc.
Recent studies from Medical Journal of Australia 174:561-4 shows that 47% of women and 63% of men are overweight or obese in Australia, where seven million adult Australians aged 25 years and over (60%) were overweight. Of these, over two million (21%) were found obese according to the 1999-2000 Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study.
It is found that Males were more likely to be overweight as compared to females, with 67% and 52% respectively.
There have been significant increases in the proportions of overweight and obese Australians over the last 20 years. From 1980 to 1999-2000, for people aged 25-64 years, the proportion of overweight women increased from 27% to 47%, and the proportion of overweight men increased from 47% to 66%.
On average, women in 1999 weighed 4.8 kg more than their counterparts in 1980, and men 3.6 kg more.
So now the question arises why the obesity is such a drastic threat in Australia. The reason behind that are simple and explainable. The obesity is usually caused by excessive intake of fat which is a common say but that's not always true, because once you go back in late 70's or 80's we find that we as a common layman are intaking fat via our food but the problem of obesity was rare, but now-a-days entire life style of people has changed. Today when the day begins a child leave his/her breakfast (which consist of vitamins, proteins) and went to the school, in the interval he/she consumes the fast foods including pizza's, burgers or soft drinks which are highly calorific and mild toxic. Similar problem is with the senior ones, the same problem has been seen in various corporate's where employee work under 24X7 work environment in such a case there is no regular lunches or breakfast, also their busy schedule increases their intake of fast and junk food as these are easy to order and consume. We find this even in the households whenever we found that there is nothing to eat and its not the time to cook we either call for a pizza or prefer a burger and enjoy our meals, this is true if we explain it with reference to time and also it is delicious. I am not discouraging the pizza parlours, ice creams or burgers, but what we can do is to limit their intake and encourage more vegetables, fruits in our daily diet.
But still most of the people consume the same assuming they will reduce extra calories the next day but the day never comes. The general masses are totally unaware about this junk food and stimulates to obesity, overweight problem. As aforesaid the problem is increasing day by day and if not taken seriously from both preventive and curing measures it could disrupt the major population in Australia.
Ultimately the solution to the problem is simple and explanatory. Wherever we live or wherever we work we must adapt ourselves to natural health food habits and avoid the junk food intake. And the people who are proned to obesity they must do physical exercises to get rid of it. But for highly obese patients with the BMI of over 35.00, obesity surgeries are recommended.
For more information related to obesity just log on to: http://www.obesitysurgeries.com and calculate your BMI (Body Mass Calculation) to seek help accordingly. You could even email me at kriplani@laparoscopy.in
Dr A.K.Kriplani is a nationally recognized leader in the field of laparoscopic and gastrointestinal surgery. He is amongst the first surgeons who not only introduced laparoscopic surgery to the Indian sob-continent but also mastered it and took it to advanced levels. He is the first in the country to perform laparoscopic adrenalectomy, laparoscopic splenectomy and laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy for renal transplant with extensive experience in laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery including laparoscopic anti-reflux procedure, gastric and esophageal surgery and colonic resections.
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