Obesity
Increase body weight from normal rates for age and sex, and family-related traits
Calculated by : BMI = Wt (Kg) / Ht (m2)
The seriousness of obesity :
Obesity is symptomatic and not a disease, but it may
Cause many diseases:
Type II diabetes
High blood lipids >> Limitations of the arteries of the body
Chronic hypertension
Heart and brain clots
Fatty liver
Causes of obesity : Hypothyroidism
some medicine (Cortisone )
The most important follow-up tests for people with obesity:
Thyroid Function tests
FSH – LH – E2 – Progesterone
Cortisol – ACTH
HbA1c
KFT: Cr – Urea (BUN)
Lipid profile: Cholesterol – TG – HDL – LDL
LFT: AST – ALT
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