Obesity Disease or life style choice

By:

Majid Valizadeh

Obesity Research Center

Research institute for endocrine sciences

Outline:

17. Introduction
    17. Obesity definition
    17. Obesity prevalence
17. Is obesity a disease?
    17. Scientific approach
        17. Obesity and Disease definition
    17. Forensic approach
    17. Utilitarian approach
17.  Conclusion and Take home message

Introduction:

• Obesity (Curpolency ): excess of body fat / practical definition: BMI  ≥ 30 Kg/m2
•  Was considered a status symbol reflecting a person’s wealth and power in Renaissance culture.
•  With famines and starvation now on the decline, and obesity prevalence increased
• The prevalence of obesity has been increasing for over a century and has increased substantially in the past several decades. (This increase has occurred in virtually every age, race, and sex group).