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Obesity: the modern approach to the problem
- Source :
- Ожирение и метаболизм, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 3-8 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Endocrinology Research Centre, 2016.
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Abstract
- The review presents epidemiological observations of recent years about the prevalence of overweight and obesity in different countries among people of different gender, age and social groups, and ethnicity. It also presents and analyses health risks and comorbidities leading to disability and death according to national and foreign researchers. It was found that the pathogenesis of obesity was multifactorial and also it was noted the importance of energy balance, consumed and expended calories. It was emphasized the need of a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment and prevention of the disease. The significant influence of the environment and increasing urbanization on the development of the pathology as well as the role of government support in relation to increasing physical activity of the population, including integrated interdisciplinary programs with environmental changes to increase physical activity and control over the quality of food was investigated. The priority areas for correction of overweight including optimization motion activity and correction of the diet were identified.
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty
obesity
complications
Physiology
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
etiology
Population
prevalence
Ethnic group
Disease
QD415-436
Overweight
Biochemistry
Social group
Endocrinology
Urbanization
Epidemiology
Internal Medicine
medicine
overweight
QP1-981
education
education.field_of_study
Nutrition and Dietetics
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
medicine.disease
Obesity
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23065524 and 20718713
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ожирение и метаболизм
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....685faf77c664f6127763b037e255a358