Beschreibung
Obesity is a modern day epidemic and affects all parts of world and India is of no exception. Obesity has its origin in early childhood. It has fatal effects on cardiovascular system, respiratory system, gastrointestinal system etc. Pathogenesis of obesity is multi-factorial involving interaction of genetic, neuro-endocrine, metabolic, psychological, environmental and socio-cultural factors. Mutation of leptin is associated with obesity. Genetic syndromes like Prader- Willi syndrome, Bradet- Biedl syndrome, Cohen syndrome etc are also known to be associated with obesity.A strong correlation between body mass index (BMI) of adult life and birth weight was noted.Sedentary lifestyles like viewing television, playing games in computers instead of playing outdoor games lead to an increase in incidence of obesity.Multiple co-morbidities of obesity were identified. Metabolic syndrome includes obesity, dyslipidemia, impaired glucose tolerance and hypertension.
Autorenporträt
Dr Kamirul Islam was born and brought up in Burdwan. He earned multiple Gold Medals in his undergraduate days. In his post-graduate course, he was awarded James Flett award, V Balagopal Raju award and NNF Social Neonatology Gold Medal. He published more than 20 papers in indexed journals. This work is dedicated to Momo as a token of gratefulness.
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