Childhood obesity harmful for cardiovascular system
At the Heart Failure Congress that was organized from 19 to 22, May, 2012, scientists reported that childhood obesity can lead heart damage without symptoms. They analyzed weight, height, waist circumference, hip circumference, BMI and waist/hip ratio of 97 healthy adolescents. These subjects were also tested the biochemistry of blood, echocardiogram and were measured heart size, interventricular septal, left ventricular posterior wall thickness.
The result showed that wall thickness of interventricular septal and left ventricular posterior increased if BMI increased. Moreover, left ventricular early diastolic lateral and septal velocities reduced in obese adolescents and these also correlated with BMI.
Are you obese or not?
Body mass index (BMI) is used to measure of adiposity. BMI is defined as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared (kg/m2). You could calculate BMI and assess the obesity by yourself as these categories below:
- Underweight: BMI is less than 18.5
- Normal weight: BMI is from 18.5 to 24.9
- Overweight: BMI is from 25 to 29.9
- Class I obesity: BMI is from 30 to 34.9
- Class II obesity: BMI is from 35 to 39.9
- Class III (extreme) obesity: BMI is more than 40
Treatment of obesity to prevent cardiovascular diseases
Lead author Gani Bajraktari, professor of internal medicine and cardiology at the University of Pristina in Kosovo said that “Education on healthy food and exercise is needed in schools to prevent obesity and early cardiovascular disease in adolescents”
Health professionals always recommend maintaining a BMI below 25 throughout adult life. If BMI is between 25 and 30, you should change your lifestyle by restricting calories of diet and increasing physical activity. Rapid weight reduction is not good, a loss of 0.45 kg per week is reasonable by a diet which supplies 400 calories per day.
If BMI is above 30, you need to meet nutrition experts. They can correct your diet and recommend anti-obesity drugs when it is necessary. Obviously, a very strict training plan need to be set up for reducing overweight.
When the BMI is above 35, health professionals said that gastrointestinal surgery should become a consideration. When the BMI is above 40, surgery is the treatment of choice.
It is not easy for losing weight as our desires, by setting yourself a goal and be patient, you will be successful.
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