To the Issue of the Abdominal Obesity Spread

Abstract

According to the results of measurement of height, weight and calculation of body mass index in 1059 inhabitants of a large industrial center (Kharkiv) over the age of 45 years, are actively traded in the policlinics, was characterized the frequency of abdominal obesity (criteria: waist and waist / hips ratio) with taking into account sex characteristics. It was found that 83 % of screening participants had an abdominal obesity, including 56 % — expressed abdominal obesity. Excessive accumulation of adipose tissue in the waist as compared with those in hips occurred in 47 % of patients. It was proved the necessity increase the activity and effectiveness of primary prevention activities in relation to the abdominal type of obesity not only in obese and overweight, but also in patients with a normal body mass index

English Version: Obesity as a Topical Medical Problem of the 21st Century: A Modern View on the Disease of the Humanity

“…Abdominal type of obesity in combination with arterial hypertension, insulin resistance, disturbance of glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia and depression lead to a condition defined as a metabolic syndrome. It is reported that obesity and metabolic syndrome are found in women at this period 3 times more frequently than before menopause [3,6,9,10,20,21,28]. The deficiency of estrogen in the woman's body changes the distribution of adipose tissue from the peripheral type to the central one, reduces the tissues sensitivity to insulin [6,31].…”

“…Every year, the number of newly diagnosed cases of obesity among Ukrainians is steadily increasing. It should be noted that with age, the tendency to increase body weight is observed in both men and women, but women are more prone to obesity [4,6,7,8,9,10,15].…”