Health and lifestyle

                                                                               Obesity is a state in which there is a generalized accumulation of excess fat in adipose tissue in the body leading to more than 20% of the desirable weight, resulting from positive energy balance. The fat deposition takes place usually because people consume diets which provide much more energy than they are able to expand for their metabolism, physical activity and growth. It is considered as “Disease of Affluence” and so are believed to be common in the developed countries. But now it is seen that obesity is a pandemic spread throughout the world. Assessment: Obesity can be assessed by following indices: Body Mass Index: This is the most common tool for the measurement of obesity.   It can be defin...