1. Obesity
Eating Disorders

2. Introduction
 Eating disorder is a
term used to describe
abnormal eating habits
that involve scarcity or
excessive food
ingestion, damaging
people's mental and
physical health.
 Obesity is a specific
eating disorder, wherein
the excess body fat is
accumulated, leading to
an increase of health
problems. People are
considered obese when
their body mass index
(BMI) is greater than 30
kg/m2. It is one of the
main avoidable death
causes in the world.

3. Classification of obesity
Classification BMI
overweight 25.0–29.9
class I obesity 30.0–34.9
class II obesity 35.0–39.9
class III obesity ≥ 40.0

4. Causes
There are many causes to the recent increase of
obesity, as:
 Ingestion excess;
 Lack of exercise;
 Genetic;
 Insufficient sleep;
 Use of medicines that can cause weight gain…

5. Consequences
 Diabetes;
 Respiratory problems because of the fat that
accumulates on the chest;
 Extra efforts to support the weight excess that
affect the bones and the muscles;
 Difficulty of the blood flow and rise in blood
pressure;
 Heart wear;
 Sweating increased…

6. Effects on health
cardiovascular
diseases
diabetes
mellitus
(type 2)
obstructive
sleep apnea
asthma
some types of
cancer
osteoarthritis
Obesity is associated to different illnesses, especially:
So obesity has reduced average life expectancy.

7. Males’ Epidemiology

8. Females’ Epidemiology

9. Childhood obesity
Nowadays, childhood obesity has reached
epidemic levels with increasing rates in
developed and developing countries.
 Obesity rates in Canadian children increased
from 11% in 1980 to 30% in 1990.
 During this same time in Brazilian children
obesity rates increased from 4% to 14%.

10. Obesity in pets
Obesity in pets is very frequent in various
countries. The risk of obesity in dogs is
associated if or not their owners are obese, but
there isn't an equal relationship between cats
and their owners.

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