ISSN 2321 -9017 Volume 10, No.6, October - November 2022
Seed Jabbar Alghamdi et al., International Journal of Bio-Medical Informatics and e-Health, 10(6), October - November 2022, 18- 22
International Journal of Bio-Medical Informatics and e-Health Available Online at http://www.warse.org/IJBMIeH/static/pdf/file/ijbmieh031062022.pdf https://doi.org/10.30534/ijbmieh/2022/031062022
An analytical study of the causes of obesity in adults and children 1
Saeed Jabbar Alghamdi, 2Fayez Faleh Alshahrani, 3Fahad Aabdulaziz Alomari 4 Reem Zaal Alanizi, 5Agaab Sager Almutiri 1 2 ghamdis@ngha.med.sa, alshahranifa5@ngha.med.sa, 3alomarifa@ngha.med.sa, 4anizir1@ngha.med.sa, 5 mutairias@ngha.med.sa Received Date : April 29, 2022
Accepted Date : May 28, 2022
Published Date : November 07, 2022
height, but this simple definition belies an etiologically complex phenotype primarily associated with excess adiposity, or body fatness, that can manifest metabolically and not just in terms of body size .According to the world health organization the number of adults who are overweight is slightly below 2 million. Obesity has been rising globally and now it is pandemic that needs to be dealt with. Out of the two billion people who are overweight 600million are obese. The prevalence of obesity over the past few years has been increasing at a alarming rate. Who reported that in 2016 at least 40%of the adults in the world were overweight and 15% were obese. From the year 1976 to 2016 the rate of obesity has increased three folds. The trend is alarming and if the rate continues with the same trend the world health organization estimated that by 2025 at least one third of the adult population will overweight and more than one billion people will be according to the world health organization obesity can be measured using body mass index (BMI) .To get the body mass index it is calculated by dividing the subject’s weight in kilograms by their square height in meters. If the body mass index is higher than 30 or 30 it's shows that the person is obese. However the Body mass index is used as a screening tool and not a diagnostic tool because it does not show the amount of fat storage that is in excess . Obesity in children is also a big issue and most children who are not well monitored will be obese for the rest of their life. Obesity affects the economy of the world since the people develop health issues that reduce their productivity. Countries use a lot of money to manage the obese patients eg in England £3-3.7 billion is used to treating overweight . Obesity occurs due to many reasons. With its sharply rising prevalence, complex a etiology and incapacitating adverse health and economic outcome, Obesity is now considered a global epidemic. Several published epidemiological studies examined different aspects of the complex a etiology of Obesity. This study will utilize evidence from these studies, to help carry an indepth analysis of the different factors contributing to the development of the obesity epidemic. Obesity is a complex condition that interweaves biological, developmental,
ABSTRACT Health is a very essential tool in ensuring growth of the economy. There has been a global rise in the prevalence of obesity.The world health organization therefore declared obesity as a critical public health issue in the last few decades. Obesity has a very great impact on the economy since managing the condition is expensive and it exposed the patients to so many other health conditions that reduce their productivity.To manage obesity all the health care providers,policy makers , researchers and the community in general should be very vigilant to determine the causes and how to deal with the causes.The obesity epidemic is the outcome of a multifaceted intricate interaction between environmental factors, genetic susceptibility, and human behaviour. The effect of genetics and disease on weight gain has been well illustrated in several studies. However, the key factor contributing to obesity still remains to be environmental factor. Obesity can then be said to be an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure on a daily basis. The different epidemiological studies have examined the different aspects of the causes of Obesity. The ever-growing evidence and continually expanding knowledge have demonstrated the complexity of the issue. Utilising evidence from these studies, this we will combine the different causes of obesity in both children and adults. Key words: obesity, health promotion, food, genetics, physical activity, public health, weight gain , diet and nutrition, lifestyle and lifestyle modification. Abbreviations BMI, body mass index; POMC, pro-opio-melanocortin; CPE, carboxypeptidase 1. INTRODUCTION Obesity is one of the key issues that the world health organization is trying to compact to promote healthy living. Obesity can be defined as too much fat that in the body that has a negative effect to the body. Obesity is typically defined quite simply as excess body weight for 18