Open AccessSecondary obesity
Author(s) -
M I Fadeeva,
L V Savelieva
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
ožirenie i metabolizm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2306-5524
pISSN - 2071-8713
DOI - 10.14341/omet2014142-47
Subject(s) - obesity , endocrine system , medicine , overweight , hyperinsulinism , hormone , insulin resistance , endocrinology , hyperinsulinemia , physiology
Hyperinsulinism and insulin resistance, hypogonadism in men and women are often associated with obesity and may be its consequences and to be a primary preceding the development of overweight. A characteristic feature of the endocrine obesity is an increase in body weight due to visceral fat with redistribution on central type, accompanied by the development of the metabolic and endocrine disorders. Mechanisms of obesity in various hormonal disturbances are different. In general in the vast majority approaches of obesity treatment do not differ from generally accepted. Adequate correction of hormonal disorders can reduce body weight and contribute to the improvement of endocrine-metabolic parameters.