Obesity is the illness of the - XXI centuries

• Main Author: Галина Ігорівна Сєногонова
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: PC Technology Center 2013-10-01
• Series: Tehnologìčnij Audit ta Rezervi Virobnictva
• Subjects: overweight; obesity; problem; weight-loss drugs
• Online Access: http://journals.uran.ua/tarp/article/view/18229

The research shows the problem of overweight, in particular, obesity as the epidemic of modernity. The causes and factors leading to overweight, obesity and their consequences were analyzed. The main objective of the study is to analyze and promote information about various methods to combat overweight, review medical knowledge obtained from different sources and spheres of activity, develop products for overweight people. The obesity may be caused by poor nutrition, heredity, hormonal failure, etc. As a result, it leads to various human diseases: diabetes; hyperlipidemia; cardiovascular diseases (ischemic heart disease, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis, hypertension, stroke); cancer; thromboembolic diseases; increasing the concentration of hemoglobin; various skin diseases, psychosocial disability; varicose veins; indigestion. It was found that the main methods for overweight and obesity treatment are homeopathic, medical and surgical treatment. It is possible to prevent the disease with the help of a diet with a high content of fiber, vitamins and other biologically active components and limited eating of easily digestible carbohydrates, as well as physical activity. It was determined that the efficiency of weight-loss drugs on the market ofUkrainemostly does not correspond to the advertisement promises.