According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of adults that are classified as obese has risen to an all time high rate. With the increase of obese people this has become a national health concern. Obesity is a leading cause of preventable deaths as well as high healthcare costs. Obesity is now recognized as a chronic disease, which has, physical and mental changes. People that are severely obese are more likely to have obesity-related comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, depression, and sleep apnea, and those contributing to certain cancers including breast and colon. (American Nurse, 2013)
A1 Pathophysiology Obesity happens when there is an excessive …show more content…
The imbalances of energy and intake along with expenditure of energy along with pathogenic effects of excess fatty tissue aren’t understood completely. Trying to better understand what obesity is we need to look at adipose tissue and where the action takes place and what does it effect. The hormone that adipose tissue secretes is Leptin, this hormone helps in the regulate insulin sensitivity. Leptin acts on receptor sites in the hypothalamus and helps to suppress the appetite as well as has a role in regulating temperature. When there is too much adipose tissue a chronic inflammatory response usually happens which is related to an abnormal cytokinine production. When this abnormality happens there is an increase in the synthesis of acute phase reactants such as C-reactive protein, which measures the amount of inflammation in the …show more content…
The MC4R is thought to control the hunger area in the brain. Obesity can be divided into two types according to what part of the body is accumulated in. There is the visceral obesity in which fat has accumulated mostly in the abdominal area and around the organs. This type of obesity has the person at a higher risk of comorbities. This person is at higher risk for chronic inflammatory response issues, metabolic syndromes, cardiac problems and an increase in certain cancers. The gluteal femoral obese patient has an accumulation of fat around the rear end, thighs and hips. More women than men seem to fall in this category. This type of obesity appears to be a less of a rick for the more fatal risks of obesity but the same complications still remain the same. (McCance, 2015) Obesity can be caused by many other reasons as well as the ones talked about. Living a sedentary lifestyle, making bad food choices. Children are not as active due to the increase in television time, computers and the easy access of fast foods.
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A1 Pathophysiology Obesity happens when there is an excessive …show more content…
The imbalances of energy and intake along with expenditure of energy along with pathogenic effects of excess fatty tissue aren’t understood completely. Trying to better understand what obesity is we need to look at adipose tissue and where the action takes place and what does it effect. The hormone that adipose tissue secretes is Leptin, this hormone helps in the regulate insulin sensitivity. Leptin acts on receptor sites in the hypothalamus and helps to suppress the appetite as well as has a role in regulating temperature. When there is too much adipose tissue a chronic inflammatory response usually happens which is related to an abnormal cytokinine production. When this abnormality happens there is an increase in the synthesis of acute phase reactants such as C-reactive protein, which measures the amount of inflammation in the …show more content…
The MC4R is thought to control the hunger area in the brain. Obesity can be divided into two types according to what part of the body is accumulated in. There is the visceral obesity in which fat has accumulated mostly in the abdominal area and around the organs. This type of obesity has the person at a higher risk of comorbities. This person is at higher risk for chronic inflammatory response issues, metabolic syndromes, cardiac problems and an increase in certain cancers. The gluteal femoral obese patient has an accumulation of fat around the rear end, thighs and hips. More women than men seem to fall in this category. This type of obesity appears to be a less of a rick for the more fatal risks of obesity but the same complications still remain the same. (McCance, 2015) Obesity can be caused by many other reasons as well as the ones talked about. Living a sedentary lifestyle, making bad food choices. Children are not as active due to the increase in television time, computers and the easy access of fast foods.
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