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Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr 2016; 32 (3)

Obesity as a risk factor, its determinants and treatment

García MAJ, Creus GED

Language: Spanish
References: 20
Page: 1-13
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Obesity is the result of the imbalance between consumption and supply of energy; its implications reach catastrophic proportions. It represents a high cost for health services. Objective: Description of the mechanisms that originate and perpetuate and its relationship with non-communicable diseases. Methods: This is a documentary investigation. A content analysis of articles and documents on the subject and databases is do. Results: It was identifies that determines obesity risks in the biological, psychological and social level. It also constitutes an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic heart disease and / or exerts its influence as a determinant of other factors such as hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia element. An association between obesity and noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance and the onset of insulin resistance syndrome described. Hypertriglyceridemia is observe with a slight increase in total cholesterol. Treatment of obesity requires significant knowledge of the causes that generate it. Conclusions: Excessive weight gain is associated with an obesogenic environment that promotes obesity. Cuba does not escape this situation as a country experiencing an advanced stage of the epidemiological transition. To control this epidemic affecting all social strata of the population, the key action is prevent. Among the most common risk factors are energy imbalance, physical inactivity, genetics, emotional factors, smoking, pregnancy and loss of sleep.


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