OBESITY

OH BES

Prepared by:
Sarah Joy Gayona
Hexangeli Tacda
Ida Louise David
 ETYMOLOGY

• Obesity is  from  the Latin obesitas,  

which  means  "stout,  fat,  or  
plump".

During  the Middle  ages and  the Renaissance obesity  was  often  seen  as  
a  sign  of  wealth,  and  was  relatively  common  among  the  elite.
WHAT IS OBESITY?
CAUSES OF OBESITY:
• Inactivity:  without  activity  you  don’t  
burn  as  much  calories.  and  you  need  to  
have  more  exercise  to  burn  the  excessive  
calories.

• Diets:  some  bad  eating  habits  like  

high  calories  diets  epically  in  the  
night,  or  skipping  a  healthy  breakfast,  
and  replace  it  by  junk  fast  food,  all  of  
that  increase  the  body  fat.
• Pregnancy:  some  women  after  the  baby  is  
born  have  an  increasing  in  their  weight,  and  
if  they  don’t  lose  that  weight,  with  many  
pregnancies  after  that,  they  may  become  
obese.
• Lack of sleep:  this  cause  
disturbances  in  the  body  hormones,  
and  increase  the  appetite.  you  also  
may  crave  to  height  calories  food.

• Drugs:  some  medications  lead  the  body  to  

gain  more  weight,  these  drugs  include,  
diabetes  medications,  steroids  and  beta  
blockers,  anti-­‐seizure  medications,  
antipsychotic  medications  and  
antidepressants  drugs.
 Medical conditions:  some  diseases  and  syndromes  lead  the  
body  to  store  more  fat  and  gain  weight  like  Cushing  syndrome.  
some  disease  low  the  metabolic  rate  in  the  body  and  low  the  
amount  of  burned  calories  every  day  such  as  the.  And  some  
diseases  lead  the  patient  to  low  hypothyroidisms  activity,  such  
as  the  arthritis  or  maybe  the  patients  with  paraplegia

Age:  obesity  could  occur  at  any  age,  but  when  we   Genetics:  genes  affect  the  
get  age  we  lose  more  amount  of  muscles  built.   amount  of  body  fat  we  store  and  
more  amount  of  muscles  give  higher  rate  of   where  to  store.
metabolism  and  calories  burning.  When  we  lose  
them  we  reduce  the  calories  burning  and  tend  to  fill  
the  body  with  fat.

Family lifestyle:  not  because  of  the  genes  we  find  the  
obesity  runs  in  the  families,  it  also  because  of  their  life  style  
and  the  food  they  eat.  We  can  notice  that  some  countries  
such  as  USA,  have  more  obese  people  than  others  countries  
like  Japan  and  this  is  because  the  culture  and  the  life  style.
Did You Know that…
RISKS OF OBESITY:
TUMATABA NA SI JUAN?
 ‘PH faces obesity, overweight prevalence’
• The  Philippines  faces  an  obesity  and  overweight  prevalence  of  5.1  
percent  and  23.6  percent,  based  on  a  report  released  by  the  Asia  
Roundtable  on  Food  Innovation  for  Improved  Nutrition—a  public-­‐
private  partnership  set  up  to  tackle  issues  related  to  obesity,  
malnutrition  and  non-­‐communicable  diseases.
• Among  the  six  countries  studied  in  the  report,  the  Philippines  has  
the  second  lowest  obesity  and  overweight  prevalence  at  5.1  
percent  and  23.6  percent  respectively.  But  despite  low  prevalence  
rates,  obesity  has  a  strong  impact  in  the  Philippines  due  to  the  
large  number  of  obese  persons  in  the  country—18-­‐million  Filipinos
are  obese  and  overweight.
 DO YOU NEED TO GO
TO THE DOCTOR?

Yes,  you  must  go  to  the  doctor  asking  

for  help.  It's  important  to  talk  to  your  
doctor  honestly  about  yourself,  your  
health,  your  diets  and  your  life  style,  
because  that  is  very  helpful  to  improve  
your  health.
TREATMENT OF OBESITY
The  PREVENTION is  always  better  than  the  
treatment,  and  if  you  feel  currently  overweight  or  
your  body  mass  index  exceed  30,  you  need  to  start  
your  prevention  program.  

1.More exercise:  150  to  250  minutes  of  moderate  

intensity  activity  every  week  is  helpful  to  keep  you  
away  from  obesity,  and  these  activities  such  as  fast  
walking  and  swimming.
2. Eat healthy:  low  calorie  and  fibers  rich  
food  such  as  fruits,  vegetables  are  good  food  
to  have  every  day,  but  saturated  fats  and  
sweets  and  alcohol  are  extremely  bad  ,  they  
increase  your  body  weight,  and  threaten  your  
health.  

3. Monitor your weight:  monitoring  

your  weigh  and  calculating  your  body  mass  
index  will  be  very  helpful  to  know  how  your  
prevention  plan  work.