{"id":977,"date":"2024-03-15T09:49:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T08:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solucionobesidad.com\/what-is-obesity-en\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T13:57:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T11:57:44","slug":"what-is-obesity-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.solucionobesidad.com\/en\/what-is-obesity-en\/","title":{"rendered":"What is obesity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#5A8D7D&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;90%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;5em||0em||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Montserrat|700||on|||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;50px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||2em||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>What is obesity?<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.6)&#8221; positioning=&#8221;relative&#8221; position_origin_a=&#8221;bottom_left&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0.5em|1em|0.5em|1em|true|true&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;max-width:fit-content;||&#8221; custom_css_free_form=&#8221;selector p,||selector a{||  color:white !important;||  font-size:14px;||}&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<pee><span class=\"breadcrumbs\"><p><a href=\"\/en\">Home<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solucionobesidad.com\/en\/what-is-obesity-en\/\">What is obesity?<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/pee>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;90%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Montserrat|700||on|||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;50px&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Montserrat|700||on|||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_2_font_size=&#8221;30px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Obesity is a multifactorial chronic disease<\/strong>\u00a0defined by the existence of excess body fat that puts the individual health into risk. It is the most common form of malnutrition in the First World.<\/p>\n<p>OBESITY is not only an aesthetic problem. There is a\u00a0<strong>3 times increased risk of mortality<\/strong>\u00a0in obese patients than in non-obese subjects. In addition, obesity and even overweight predisposes and causes a number of inherent diseases that increase the risk of mortality, especially cardiovascular.\u00a0<strong>OBESE patients live less time and also worse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The increased body fat in obese patients causes a resistance to the action of insulin produced by the pancreas, which causes the onset of Type 2 DIABETES. \u00a0DM\u00a0 condemn patients to chronic treatments with poor results and daily blood sugar controls that enslaves, making them dependent. Diabetes affects other body organs like eyes (diabetic retinopathy and blindness), kidneys (renal failure), the nervous system (diabetic neuropathy, sexual impotence), blood vessels (foot ulcers that may require limb amputations), etc. Diabetics live on average 10 years less than the non-diabetic.<\/p>\n<p>The main causes of premature death are especially hypertension and cardiovascular diseases as well as mortality from accidents as they are less alert, less mobile and are more vulnerable to physical hazards.<\/p>\n<p>Obesity is the cause of 10% of deaths in Spain and accounts for 7% of spending Spanish Health Services.<\/p>\n<p>Currently,\u00a0<strong>OBESITY<\/strong>\u00a0is considered The\u00a0<strong>EPIDEMIC of the XXI CENTURY<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.solucionobesidad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/obesidad-1-1.webp&#8221; title_text=&#8221;obesidad-1-1&#8243; align=&#8221;right&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is obesity?<span class=\"breadcrumbs\"><p><a href=\"\/en\">Home<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solucionobesidad.com\/en\/what-is-obesity-en\/\">What is obesity?<\/a><\/p><\/span>Obesity is a multifactorial chronic disease\u00a0defined by the existence of excess body fat that puts the individual health into risk. 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