Obesity is the mother of all diseases of the modern society all over the world particularly in the affluent people and societies with sedentary life-style.

" From time immemorial, the people have been digging their graves with their teeth but in last few decades the speed has relentlessly increased."

Thanks for nice sharing sir Dr Muhammad Yousuf

Obesity is a disease per se and is also a risk factor for all other disease as well. The main risk factor for obesity is sedentary lifestyle and over eating.

The life style modifications need to be inculcated since childhood and adolescence and it will help in long run.

Thanks for sharing dear Ruqia Quansar and obesity is a disease as well as risk factor depending on context. But, WHO and AMA now consider it as a disease but it can be a major risk factor for specially for NCDs.

https://www.livescience.com/21222-obesity-disease-debate.html

https://www.healthline.com/health/is-obesity-a-disease

Yes...lots of evidence & a large BMI is a risk factor. The poorer immune system of people with larger BMI may be the problem

Think so dear Sukhpal Prehar . Overweight and obesity are major risk factors for a number of chronic diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Once considered a problem only in high income countries, overweight and obesity are now dramatically on the rise in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in urban settings.

WHO

Obese people have too big a body that can not be taken care (or compensated well) by the organs and systems that are just like other people.

Think so sir Muhammad Yousuf

The fat may just be physically altering the cardiovascular system ie endothelium is affected by fat around the vessel

obesity is a disease & a risk factor! UK govt again tackling advertising of junk food.

Preparing your own food during lockdown is the better way than some of the restaurant food...swimming in oil.

think so ms Prehal , in the lockdown situation we have to propose new strategies to obesity care

Obesity can lead to dyslipidemia and/or hypertension and/or diabetes. Obesity can lead to work-overload of the heart and hence CHF.

Thanks for sharing dear Renata Cintra and William Feeman

You are welcome. If you want to know how to predict the population at risk of atherothrombotic disease, I have published an article entitled "Enhanced Prediction of the Population at Risk of Atherothrombotic Disease: Back to Framingham" in EC Cardiology 7.3 (2020) 1-19.

Mr Feeman, ya I would like to read your article.

In fact I have already to search this article.

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I must say that gradual overweight and various stages of obesity are practically a disorder rather than mention 'disease'. A person can get a genetic shape/appearance of his parents but fat is acquired due to lifestyles and improper diet. Similarly, as previous fellow researchers mentioned that there are plenty of risk factors and I must emphasize female issues like PCOD, Hypothyroidism, Hepatomegaly, and more (non-communicable) risks as already discussed.

Thanks for sharing dear Swapan Banerjee

Thanks, sir for your recommendation !!

Obesity is a self inflected wound. It is due to the over consumption of refined carbohydrate. These patients are refined carbohydrate carboholics. If the patient is cooperative I ask them to look at what they are about to eat. If they see that it contains flour or sugar do not eat it. It is then they commonly respond " What can I eat? " My answer is: all fruits, vegetables, meats and fish. If God made it...eat it!

Thanks for nice sharing sir Mitchell V Kaminski

Good Day, Dr. Alam

To state a short answer, I would say ... it's both a medical condition in itself and

a background risk factor - in different degrees- for other pathology ! :)

Best, DCM

https://www.todaysdietitian.com/news/070914_news.shtml

I do agree sir Daniel Constantin Manolescu and whatever it is it should be controlled.

Totaly agree Dr. Alam,

Thus my link suggestion in attach , concerning a new tool to control obesity, diabetes & related complications.

Best, Daniel CM

Obesity is associated with multiple diseases and conditions detrimental to health. But to consider obesity as a disease in itself, I understand is a mistake. The BMI should be considered. The higher BMI and the risk of association of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and all-cause mortality.

Maybe should we strech questioning angle a bit !?! How about that :

Is the metabolically disfunctional obesity a health condition & a medical issue ? :)

Best, DCM

Thanks for sharing sir Martin Ibarrola and Daniel Constantin Manolescu

Hello Dr. Alam,

Consideration of Obesity (as defined by Obesity Medicine Association) https://obesitymedicine.org/what-is-obesity/ as a "chronic, relapsing, multi-factorial, neurobehavioral disease, wherein an increase in body fat promotes adipose tissue dysfunction and abnormal fat mass physical forces, resulting in adverse metabolic, biomechanical, and psychosocial health consequences" is a valuable perspective. Treatment is multi-factorial (just as with many chronic diseases). Acknowledgement (and reimbursement) for treatment modalities & public health policy begins with recognition of the metabolic derangement, not health behaviors alone. Warm Regards, JK

Thanks for nice sharing dear Julie Kokinakes and obesity is just like a silent pandemic.

Obesity is a risk factors which leads way to diseases of various vital systems.

Thanks for sharing dear Kokila Ramamurthy

Its a syndrome. It talks about about underlying metabolic, inflammatory, oxidative derangement in a given individuals.

Thanks for your opinion dear Santhosh Krishnappa

Obesity or high body mass index is a disease and should be managed like diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemias

Thanks for kind sharing dear Hyder Mirghani and of course it's a disease and it can be also considered as a risk factor for other major NCDs.

Both!

Think so dear Awad Mohamed Ahmed

Its both. Primarily it is a risk factor for NCDs but it can also be treated as disease due to the fact that it requires prevention and treatment also.

I think just like diabetes mellitus is defined by elevated fasting blood glucose, hypertension by elevated blood pressure and obesity by high body mass index. Obesity is both a disease and risk factor for other diseases especially NCDs. I believe the argument that referring to obesity as a disease will bring about stigmatization is very weak.

Obesity is a self inflected wound. It is due to the voluntary over consumption of refined carbohydrate, ii.e., flour and sugar. These should be eliminated from the diet in favor of fruits and vegetables which contain complex carbohydrates. If this is done the associated weight loss is accompanied by control of all forms of diabetes and recovery from the associated- comorbidity..

I agree with Mitchell V Kaminski on substituting refined carbohydrate with fruits and vegetables. However, I think it may be difficult to suddenly place obese individuals on fruits and vegetables only. There should be some allowance of carbohydrates especially at the initial stage of treatment. In other words, I am of the view that it should start with reduction of refined carbohydrates and gradually towards achieving elimination in the diet. I think the importance of combining this approach with regular exercise cannot be overemphasized.

Obesity is a chronic disease and a risk factor for various disorders including cardiovascular diseases and some tumors

Both!

Thanks for sharing dear Hyder Mirghani Awad Mohamed Ahmed