Open AccessBody composition and obesity
Author(s) -
E. Oria,
José Luis Lobaina Lafita,
Е. Петрина,
Iñaki Argüelles
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
anales del sistema sanitario de navarra
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.175
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2340-3527
pISSN - 1137-6627
DOI - 10.23938/assn.0817
Subject(s) - adipose tissue , obesity , pathological , body mass index , classification of obesity , medicine , epidemiology , composition (language) , endocrinology , excess weight , fat mass , physiology , weight loss , linguistics , philosophy
Obesity is a disease that is characterised by a pathological excess of adipose tissue. Normally, this excess is measured according to its repercussion on weight and on the index of body mass. The methods for measuring body composition, some of which are of recent introduction, are showing the consequences on health of excess fat, especially visceral fat. A review is offered of the epidemiological markers of obesity, the techniques for evaluating fatty mass, the influence of the distribution of the adipose tissue and the factors that condition visceral fat, as well as the influence of this tissue on the metabolic profile of the obese patient.