Obesity and overweight – epidemy of the 21st century

Danuta Pupek-Musialik; Magdalena Kujawska-Łuczak; Paweł Bogdański

Abstract

1/2008 vol. 11

Obesity and overweight – epidemy of the 21st century

Danuta Pupek-Musialik

,

Magdalena Kujawska-Łuczak

,

Paweł Bogdański

Przew Lek 2008; 1: 117-123

Online publish date: 2008/03/03

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AMA

Pupek-Musialik D, Kujawska-Łuczak M, Bogdański P. Obesity and overweight – epidemy of the 21st century. Przewodnik Lekarza/Guide for GPs. 2008:117-123.

APA

Pupek-Musialik, D., Kujawska-Łuczak, M., & Bogdański, P. (2008). Obesity and overweight – epidemy of the 21st century. Przewodnik Lekarza/Guide for GPs, 117-123.

Chicago

Pupek-Musialik, Danuta, Magdalena Kujawska-Łuczak, and Paweł Bogdański. 2008. "Obesity and overweight – epidemy of the 21st century". Przewodnik Lekarza/Guide for GPs: 117-123.

Harvard

Pupek-Musialik, D., Kujawska-Łuczak, M., and Bogdański, P. (2008). Obesity and overweight – epidemy of the 21st century. Przewodnik Lekarza/Guide for GPs, pp.117-123.

MLA

Pupek-Musialik, Danuta et al. "Obesity and overweight – epidemy of the 21st century." Przewodnik Lekarza/Guide for GPs, 2008, pp. 117-123.

Vancouver

Pupek-Musialik D, Kujawska-Łuczak M, Bogdański P. Obesity and overweight – epidemy of the 21st century. Przewodnik Lekarza/Guide for GPs. 2008:117-123.

Obesity is a continuously growing health problem of today’s civilisation. Two out of three adults in Poland are obese or overweight. Obesity is not a unitary disease and its causes are multifactorial, including polygenic, metabolic, psychosocial and environmental factors. The adverse health consequences associated with obesity include type 2 diabetes, lipid disorders, arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease, sleep apnoea, arthrosis, and some cancers. We discuss current guidelines on non-pharmacological treatment of obesity and present modern anorectic drugs.

Keywords

obesity, arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity treatment

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