Overweight is a headache for many modern women and men. It is dangerous not only because it harms a beautiful appearance and an ideal figure. Extra pounds can provoke severe cardiovascular ailments, as well as diseases of the liver and kidneys. Obesity of the second degree is a serious and dangerous pathology, which for some reason is not always associated with real obesity and therefore is often not taken seriously. However, if you find yourself showing signs of this disease, you should start losing weight as soon as possible.
What are the causes and symptoms of second degree obesity? How to diagnose and treat it? Are there effective and fast-acting ways to deal with excess weight? Let's find out. But first, let's discuss what is overweight, and how many degrees of obesity exist.
Calculating Ailment
There are several stages of this disease. To identify and systematize them, there is a special table provided by WHO, from which the degree of the disease can be identified. However, for thisyou need to calculate your own body mass index. How to do it? This value is calculated using simple arithmetic: body weight, given in kilograms, must be divided by a number equal to human height squared (height is written in meters).
How do these calculations look in practice? For example, if your height is one meter seventy centimeters and your weight is seventy kilograms, then your body mass index is calculated as follows: 70: 2, 89=24, 22. This indicator is considered normal. So you are not obese.
Classification
Below is a table that helps determine the degree of obesity. So, the second degree of obesity. How many kilograms is that?
| Illness stage | Body mass index | Risk of complications |
| overweight | 25, 0-29, 9 | increased |
| first degree obesity | 30, 0-34, 9 | high |
| second degree obesity | 35, 0-39, 9 | very tall |
| third degree obesity | 40 and up | very high |
According to the coefficients given in the table, this disease is characterized by a BMI of thirty-five to forty. Let's assume that the patient's height is one meter seventy centimeters. It turns out that in the second stage of obesity, his weight will range from one hundred and two to one hundred and fifteen kilograms.
Varieties of disease
There are several types of second degree obesity. First of all, it is alimentaryobesity, characterized by a huge fat fold in the abdomen, as well as shortness of breath with minimal exertion. This type of disease affects people aged fifty and above, leading a sedentary lifestyle.
Exogenously constitutional obesity is diagnosed in those who eat a lot of sweet and fatty foods. It is easier to cure it, since it is not associated with hormonal and other disorders in the body.
Visceral obesity is a very dangerous type of excess weight, as it is caused by fatty deposits on the internal organs (heart, kidneys, liver). Such a pathology can provoke the development of diabetes mellitus and other serious chronic diseases.
Symptoms of the disease
Are there other visible manifestations of the disease besides being overweight? Signs of obesity of the second degree are considered to be fatty deposits in all parts of the body (especially the waist and hips), as well as rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath with minimal exertion, rapid pulse, and profuse sweating. As you can see, these manifestations are closely related to cardiovascular pathologies and negatively affect the entire body. They prevent a person from working productively and energetically, leading an active life, successfully coping with everyday affairs.
Moreover, such changes in the body have a negative impact on the mental and emotional well-being of a person. What are the objective causes of obesity of the second degree?
The culprits of the disease
Ksecondary factors that provoke obesity include:
- Hormonal disruptions that have a negative impact on the processing of food by the organs of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Endocrine diseases that contribute to metabolic disorders.
- Damage to the cerebral cortex caused by traumatic brain injury or various infections. As a result, there is an increased appetite, provoking excess weight (obesity).
- Stress and nervous strain, causing a feeling of constant hunger.
- Failure to stay awake (the duration of night sleep is more or less than the norm of eight to ten hours).
- Hereditary disposition.
The above reasons have a huge impact on the appearance of obesity in women and men. However, the biggest culprit for being overweight is an unhe althy diet compounded by a sedentary lifestyle.
Often fat women, like men, deceive themselves, hiding behind a genetic predisposition, hormonal disruptions and other diseases. But more often than not, the true root of obesity is a failure to follow the rules of a he althy diet. Here are some of them:
- heavy consumption of fatty, fried, smoked, sweet and starchy foods;
- frequent snacking;
- use of soda and sugary drinks as drinking;
- sedentary work.
Gender differences
Is obesity diagnosed more often in the weak half of humanity than in the strong?Why are fat women more common than fat men? Several factors can influence this:
- pregnancy and childbirth;
- hormonal disorders;
- Stress-eating;
- predisposition to body fat.
Most likely, you will agree that the above applies more to women than to men. Therefore, representatives of the weaker sex are advised to more carefully monitor excess weight. If it is not controlled, it can cause severe emotional and mental disorders, mental trauma, provoke the onset of depression and various kinds of complexes, and also cause infertility or miscarriages. What about men?
Obesity and the Army
Do they take the obese into the army? In short, yes. However, there are several nuances here. For example, if a conscript is diagnosed with the first or second degree of obesity, then he may be recognized as fit for military service either completely or with restrictions. If the third or fourth stage of obesity is found in a person liable for military service, then he is assigned temporary unfitness with the provision of a deferment of the commission for six months. If after six months the situation has not changed (and so several times), then the conscript is assigned the category of absolute unsuitability for military service.
Treatment of disease
What to do if you have discovered obesity of the second degree. How to lose weight? If you want to take medicationdiseases, you should contact an endocrinologist, and not independently prescribe miraculous pills and pills. The doctor will prescribe drugs that improve metabolism and reduce appetite, as well as promote the breakdown of fats. Moreover, you will definitely be recommended an individual diet and exercise regimen with a detailed description of the exercises. But what if you can't afford to visit a specialist? Then you can follow the general rules and tips given below. Yet following these recommendations does not preclude consultation with a medical expert.
Diet food
To effectively lose weight, you should use a strict diet. When obese, it is recommended to completely abandon fats and sugar. Eat only low-calorie foods, such as vegetables and unsweetened fruits. It is not recommended to give up all fats and carbohydrates in one day, as this can adversely affect the patient's body and mental well-being.
It's best to start by cutting back on your usual portions. If earlier an obese person ate a liter of borscht at dinner, now he can reduce the volume of the first course to seven hundred grams, or even half a liter. Chew food slowly and thoroughly. So saturation will come faster, and the digestive tract will not suffer. It is recommended to eat only when there is a strong feeling of hunger. It is also important to drink up to one and a half liters of purified water daily. Now let's discuss the approximate diet menu for obesity.
Correct selection of dishes
In order to start eating to lose weight, you should purchase a small kitchen scale to constantly weigh food and ingredients. This will help you not to overeat and accurately calculate the calorie content of meals. So, let's look at the menu for the first seven days.
| Day | Meals | Recommended dishes |
| First | Breakfast | Ninety grams of oatmeal, fifty grams of fruit |
| First snack | Seventy-five grams of low-fat cottage cheese | |
| Lunch | Two hundred and ten grams of vegetable soup in low-fat broth | |
| Second snack | One banana | |
| Dinner | Two hundred grams of seafood, one egg, fifty grams of cucumbers and tomatoes | |
| Second | Breakfast | Buckwheat porridge (125 grams), one tomato |
| First snack | One banana | |
| Lunch | Vegetable broth (one hundred grams), chicken (ninety grams) | |
| Second snack | Vegetable salad (one hundred and fifty grams) | |
| Dinner | Semolina porridge (one hundred grams), vegetable casserole (one hundred and fifty grams) | |
| Third | Breakfast | One hundred and fifty grams of cottage cheese casserole with banana, twenty grams of dried apricots |
| First snack | One hundred grams of yogurt | |
| Lunch | Two hundred grams of soup with meatballs, fifty grams of boiled fish | |
| Second snack | Glass of yogurt, one apple, one loaf | |
| Dinner | 225 grams of baked fish, two tomatoes | |
| Fourth | Breakfast | Cottage cheese (one hundred and ten grams), two bananas |
| First snack | Apple and kiwi (two each) | |
| Lunch | Ukha (two hundred grams), two cucumbers | |
| Second snack | Cottage cheese (one hundred grams), walnuts (fifty grams) | |
| Dinner | Baked chicken (two hundred grams) with vegetables | |
| Fifth | Breakfast | One hundred and twenty grams of rice porridge, twenty grams of hard cheese |
| First snack | Glass of yogurt, one apple | |
| Lunch | Two hundred grams of borscht, one hundred grams of vegetable salad | |
| Second snack | One hundred grams of cottage cheese and one banana | |
| Dinner | One hundred and fifty grams of boiled potatoes and two cucumbers | |
| Sixth | Breakfast | Cottage cheese (fifty grams) with a teaspoon of honey |
| First snack | Biscuit (fifty grams), one apple | |
| Lunch | Buckwheat soup (two hundred grams), beef stew (fifty grams) | |
| Second snack | Glass of fermented baked milk | |
| Dinner | Boiled chicken (one hundred and fifty grams), vegetables | |
| Seventh | Breakfast | Two hundred grams of buckwheat porridge, one egg |
| First snack | Apple andorange (one at a time) | |
| Lunch | Mushroom soup (two hundred grams), baked chicken breast (one hundred grams) | |
| Second snack | Cottage cheese (one hundred grams), two bananas | |
| Dinner | Vinaigret (one hundred and fifty grams), stewed turkey (one hundred grams) |
As you can see, the above menu is quite varied and appetizing, besides, it is easy to prepare. Therefore, if you are result-oriented, go ahead and you will succeed in achieving the desired result!
However, as mentioned above, in order to get rid of excess fat, it is necessary not only to follow the nutrition system. It is important to regularly and purposefully engage in special gymnastics. What exercises can help fight obesity?
Complex of exercises
Before you start gymnastics, you should remember: you need to start small, gradually increasing the load and duration of the sessions. The recommended exercises primarily include swimming, brisk walking or slow jogging, and cycling. Going to the gym will also be an important factor. At home, you can (and should) download the press. This must be done as shown below.
Also very effective will be leg raises in the prone position, exercises such as "scissors", "bike" and others. While standing, you can try forward-backward and left-right tilts, as well as squats and running in place.
Folk remedies
Is it possible to cure obesity seconddegrees with the help of a folk first-aid kit? Yes, if you use her recipes in combination with other drugs and recommendations. For example, you can make yourself tea. To do this, combine in equal proportions the leaves of burdock, birch and walnut, as well as hop cones. A tablespoon of the resulting mixture should be brewed in a glass of boiling water, insist for half an hour and take one hundred milligrams thirty minutes before meals. You can also drink a glass of rose hips brewed in this way once a day.
As you can see, there are many useful and effective tools to combat overweight and obesity. These are medicines, and dietary nutrition, and physical activity, and traditional medicine. To achieve the desired result, it is important to use all this in a complex, exactly following all the recommendations of the attending physician, scrupulously weighing the products used and actively doing gymnastics for weight loss. Then you will definitely win the difficult and serious fight against obesity, and the extra pounds will never come back to you and remind you of yourself.
