What are the symptoms of obesity?

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Everyone can not always eat high calorie food, but also to exercise more, so that they will not easily become obese patients, obesity is a very serious disease, everyone should pay attention to obesity, so what are the symptoms of obesity? Now let's talk about it.

What are the symptoms of obesity?

Simple obesity can be seen at any age, and the young people are obese from childhood; Most of the adult patients were 20-25 years old; However, most of them are middle-aged and middle-aged women aged from 40 to 50, and the elderly aged from 60 to 70 are not uncommon. About 1 / 2 of the adult obese people have a history of childhood obesity. They generally show slow weight gain (except for women after childbirth) and rapid weight gain in a short time. Secondary obesity should be considered. The distribution of fat in men is mainly neck, trunk and head, while that in women is abdomen and lower abdomen, Chest, breast and buttock are the main.

Obese people are characterized by short stature, round shape, narrow face, short neck, backward chin, obvious thickening of occipital skinfold, round chest, no intercostal space, enlarged breasts due to thick subcutaneous fat, protruding abdomen forward and higher than chest plane when standing, deep concave navel hole, and obvious obesity on both sides of lower abdomen for a short time, Purple or white lines can be seen on both thighs and upper arms, and on the outside of buttocks. The external genitalia of obese children are buried in the subcutaneous fat of perineum, which makes the penis appear small and short. The fingers and toes are thick and short. The skin at the prominent part of metacarpophalangeal joint is depressed due to fat thickening on the back of hand, and the bone process is unclear.

Mild to moderate primary obesity may not have any self-conscious symptoms, while severe obesity may have fear of heat, decreased activity ability, even mild shortness of breath during activity, snoring during sleep, hypertension, diabetes, gout and other clinical manifestations.

matters needing attention

Obesity should be mainly prevented. People should be aware of its danger and keep their weight in the normal range as much as possible. Prevention of obesity should begin in childhood. At present, obesity is understood as "normal physiological process in pathological environment". The main reason for the increase of obesity prevalence is the environment, not the "pathological" influence of metabolic defects or individual gene mutation. Because the factors of remains can't be changed, we must control the increase of body weight by regulating the way of life, that is, reasonable diet and appropriate physical activity. Based on this new concept, governments are committed to promoting healthy lifestyles and universal prevention programs.