Obesity - Just Adiposity or More

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  • Muhammad Masroor Principal, Dow International Medicl College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract

Obesity is emerging as a serious global health issue of 21st Century. There has been a steady rise in prevalence of obesity since 1980. It has crossed western borders and entered into developing countries. Today, among the top ten fattest countries, most belong to developing world. The prevalence of obesity & overweight in these countries is up to the extent of 70% 1. WHO recommended BMI as a measure of overweight and obesity in 1997. Two other parameters were added to define obesity further. Waist Hip Ratio (WHR) and Waist Circumference (WC) has best correlation with the amount of visceral fat2. Persons having a BMI over 25 are overweight and those over 30 are obese. The optimum WR for men is 102 CM and for women 88 CM. This criteria was revised in 2000 for Asia pacific region and persons with the BMI of 23 are regarded overweight and above 25 as obese. The WR criteria was also lowered for Asian as 90 cm for men and 80cm for women3. This difference from western standard was proposed because Asian people posses more adiposity at identical level of BMI and waist circumference.

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Published

2016-12-10

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Masroor, M. . (2016). Obesity - Just Adiposity or More. Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences (JDUHS), 10(3), 75–76. Retrieved from https://jduhs.jduhs.duhs.edu.pk/index.php/jduhs/article/view/1379

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Vol. 10 No. 3

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