Il sovrappeso The overweight is a major social problem. It is not just a problem that can cause disorders in terms of aesthetics, but also health.
Overweight fact disturbs not only the quality of life, but especially life expectancy.
L ' obesity is, after smoke, the second leading cause of death in Western countries , and the first in nonsmokers.
Many of the diseases it causes sono: malattie metaboliche degenerative, malattie respiratorie e osteo-articolari, malattie epatiche e tumori.
Non sono escluse malattie psicologiche come ansia e depressione , diminuzione del livello produttivo sociale e della vitalità personale.
Tra le malattie legate all'obesità si ricordano:
- MALATTIE CARDIOVASCOLARI: infarto del miocardio, ictus cerebrale, ipertensione blood;
- Metabolic Diseases: syndrome metabolic type II diabetes, dyslipidemia,
- musculoskeletal diseases: osteoarthritis, osteoarthritis, hyperuricemia, gout;
- PULMONARY DISEASES: syndrome of obesity / hypoventilation, apnea OSA (OSA);
- disease appears GI: esophageal reflux, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, epatopatologie;
- REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH FIELD: menstrual irregularities, amenorrhea, infertility, incontinenza urinaria, aumento del rischio di gestational diabetes, hypertension, complications birth, fetal malformations
- CANCER: esophagus, gallbladder, uterus, prostate, colon, pancreas, kidney, breast in postmenopausal women;
- psychological illnesses: depression and other psychopathologies.
