PMID: 11917689Mar 29, 2002Paper

Obesity as a risk factor for the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Medicinski Arhiv
Bećir HeljićMirza Dilić

Abstract

Today overweight is the biggest public health problem in the world. According to statistical data, its occurrence is the most frequent among the English 53%, than German 51%, USA 48%, Italian and Spanish 40%, in French 38%, Swedish 30% and Russian 34%. According to available data 0.3% of the BiH population is overweight. Overweight can be related to collection of fat depos--obesity, or enlarged muscle mass--muscle hypertrophy. Criteria for evaluating of overweight are BMI (Body Mass Index). Obesity is the remarkable risk factor for the human health and it performs the background for many diseases--cardiovascular, diabetes mellitus, respiratory diseases, malignant diseases of gastrointestinal tract, joint-bone system diseases etc. For the regulation of optimal body weight, energy balance between input of energy by the food and its consumption is needed.

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