Open AccessHealth Consequences of Obesity: A Review
Author(s) -
Najlaa Mohammad Alsudairy,
Wafa Hamad M. Alameer,
Ohoud Ali A. Alattas,
Marwan Abdulmalik Modkel Altalhi,
Ahmad Mohammed A. Alghraibi,
Elaf Abdulkader Kanoori,
Abdulrahman Khulaif Alharbi,
Lujain Mohamed Yumen,
Rawan Mohammed M. Altowairqi,
Saleh A. Alghamdi,
Osama Hassan Alqahtani,
Ayman Mohamed Omar,
Anas Mohammad Alzuwayed,
Abdullah Mohammed A. Bajebair
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i64a35819
Subject(s) - obesity , medicine , disease , environmental health , adipose tissue , limiting , endocrinology , engineering , mechanical engineering
Obesity is a global epidemic that threatens to deplete health-care resources by increasing the prevalence of diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and cancer. Obesity is the leading preventable cause of death worldwide, affecting both adults and children. Obesity has two effects: an increase in the bulk of adipose tissue and an increase in pathogenetic product release by larger fat cells. This view of obesity as a disease allows for a straightforward distinction between the negative effects of obesity caused by fat bulk and those caused by fat cell metabolic effects. Obesity stigma causes social difficulties, sleep apnea is caused in part by increased parapharyngeal fat deposits, and osteoarthritis is caused by the wear and tear on joints caused by carrying an enlarged quantity of fat fall under the first category. A wide range of policy issues could have an impact on food ecosystems. Fiscal food policies, obligatory nutrition panels on the formulation and reformulation of manufactured foods, food and nutrition labelling implementation, and limiting marketing and advertising prohibitions on unhealthy foods are among these topics. In this review, we overview current evidences on health consequences of obesity.