Obesity

Obese women also carry the risk of having syndromes. Harvard School of Public Health stated that abdominal obesity is related to metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is characterized by a group of metabolic risk factors in one person. This includes central obesity of excessive fat tissue in and around the abdomen. The underlying causes of this syndrome are overweight or obesity, physical inactivity and genetic factors. People with the metabolic syndrome are at increased risk of coronary heart disease, other diseases related to plaque buildups in artery walls. More studies are needed to understand the relationship between metabolic risk factors and the efficacy of drug therapy in women who have the metabolic syndrome. To gain the most benefit from modifying multiple metabolic risk factors, the underlying insulin-resistant sate must become a target of therapy. The safest, most effective and preferred way to reduce insulin resistance in overweight and obese people is weight loss and increased physical activity. Another form of syndrome is the polycystic ovary syndrome. (PCOS) PCOS is a health problem that can affect a woman’s menstrual cycle, ability to have children, hormones, heart, blood vessels, and appearance. With PCOS, women typically have high levels of androgens. These are sometimes called male hormones, although females also make them. They also have missed or irregular periods, and many small cysts in their ovaries. Cysts are fluid-filled sacs. Obesity with a body mass index (BMI) of over 27 is often present and it represents a central, android obesity (waist to hip ratio of greater than 0.85)

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