Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health. Body mass index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height that is commonly used to classify overweight and obesity in adults. It is defined as a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of his height in meters (kg/m2).
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Atherosclerosis is a condition in which there is inflammation in the blood vessel wall with accumulation of inflammatory cells under the mucous membrane leading to a narrowing of blood vessels. Sometimes they break open leading to bleeding in the vessel, clot formation and blocking of blood flow in the area. Typically, atherosclerosis begins in childhood,
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Most commonly done surgery in male infertility is varicocele surgery. Male factor infertility is usually associated with low semen parameters like reduced sperm count, motility, semen volume, or abnormal sperm morphology. If low semen parameters are associated with varicocele, even if it is mild(grade1 or 2) some doctors advise varicocele surgery. Usually there won’t be
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Nutritional status and the activities of the individual decides the health status and reproductive ability of the individuals. Malnutrition leads to overweight /underweight, both can affect fertility negatively. Adipose(fat) tissue is not just a fat store, but an endocrine gland. Change in the fat volume and the fat composition can affect the hormonal and immune
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General health and body composition has an important role in the reproductive ability of women. Change in the body, as obesity or underweight, increase in fat mass to lean mass ratio and omega 6 to 3 fatty acid ratio at cell level can affect egg production, implantation and growth of foetus inside the womb negatively.
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The goal of bariatric surgery is weight reduction by surgically forcing the patient to eat less or reducing the body’s ability to absorb nutrients. Obesity and the associated comorbidities like diabetes and its complications forces the patient to undergo risky and expensive bariatric procedures. Final effect of bariatric surgery the weight reduction is achieved due
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When a Type 1 diabetic patient enters pregnancy the requirement of insulin increases due to the added demand on insulin for the foetal growth and development. If there is excess calorie consumption along with increased insulin dose, excess fat deposit associated weight gain can induce insulin resistance and complicates things further. As the insulin demand
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Pregnant women are advised to take more food and gain weight during pregnancy. In the modern world most women enter pregnancy while they are already overweight or obese. During pregnancy physical activity will be reduced, to avoid various pregnancy associated complications. Added food and rest along with pregnancy associated hormonal changes promote excess fat accumulation
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Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into
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Hypertension is the most important risk factor for stroke and heart attack. Changes in the body composition such as high fat mass to lean mass ratio, high omega 6 to 3 fatty acid ratio, high sodium potassium ratio and low magnesium level in the body due to lifestyle factors are the primary reason for increasing
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