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Journal of Health & Medical Informatics

ISSN: 2157-7420

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Obesity Care

Obesity is the main determinants of the occurring many diseases like cardiovascular diseases, arterial hypertension, diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Person with diabetes, obesity increases the risk of the occurring of cardiovascular diseases. Nowadays, it is recommended that the obesity can be prevented through nutrition education and by maintaing regular exercise in order to reduce and control the risk of diabetes and heart diseases. Obesity can be studied and understood by using several indicators like Body Mass Index [BMI], abdominal circumference, waist size, abdomen-towaist ratio and abdomen-to-height ratio. Studies have made and shown that the measures of central obesity like abdominal circumference, waist size, ratio of abdomen-to-waist and ratio of abdomen-to-height are better risk indicators for cardiovascular and other diseases and helps better to predict diabetes. 

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