What is excess adiposity?
Obesity is a disease of excess adiposity. In other words, too much adipose (or fat) tissue for good health. You can find this authoritative definition on the website of the Obesity Society — the leading professional society of people who devote their careers to addressing the disease.
What health condition is linked with excessive adiposity?
Obesity is a complex disease involving an excessive amount of body fat. Obesity isn’t just a cosmetic concern. It’s a medical problem that increases the risk of other diseases and health problems, such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and certain cancers.
What is the difference between adiposity and obesity?
The latin term adiposity means severe or morbid overweight. In English usually the term obesity is being used. An increasing overweight is associated with a growing risk for diseases, which are associated with obesity. A rough measure for obesity is the body-mass-index (BMI).
What causes adiposity?
Obesity is generally caused by eating too much and moving too little. If you consume high amounts of energy, particularly fat and sugars, but do not burn off the energy through exercise and physical activity, much of the surplus energy will be stored by the body as fat.
How do you get rid of visceral fat?
How can I reduce visceral fat?
- exercising for at least 30 minutes every day (for example by brisk walking, cycling, aerobic exercise and strength training)
- eating a healthy diet.
- not smoking.
- reducing sugary drinks.
- getting enough sleep.
What does extra fat do to your body?
Excess body fat contributes to major causes of death and disability, including heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes, osteoarthritis, fatty liver, and depression.
Does being fat make you unhealthy?
Yes, obesity brings with it health risks — a higher risk of heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, joint pain, arthritis, according to Harvard Health.
How many diseases are related to adiposity?
In the National Health and Nutrition Examination Study (NHANES) III, obesity was associated with an increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes, gallbladder disease, coronary heart disease (CHD), hypertension, osteoarthritis (OA), and high blood cholesterol among > 16 000 participants.
What is another word for adiposity?
What is another word for adiposity?
| fatness | obesity |
|---|---|
| plumpness | fleshiness |
| portliness | rotundity |
| grossness | embonpoint |
| weight | pudginess |