Obesity is a major health issue that can be solved. Obesity is one of the major health problem and a beauty issue which can be solved with the help of IN-XS, Anti-aging and anti-obesity clinic.
There is an urgent need to educate the urban community on the aspects of healthy food habits and desired lifestyles to prevent overweight/obesity and its associated ill effects. A body mass index (BMI) of more than 37 is morbid obesity. BMI is weight in kgs divided by height in meters squared. The condition is associated with significant health problems besides being a risk to one’s life itself. A morbid obese individual has twice the risk of dying compared to someone of his age with ideal weight.
Indians gaining weight:
Conventionally identified for malnutrition, Indians now report more commonly with overweight, fatness, and their magnitudes. Under nutrition is more prevalent in rural areas, whereas overweight and obesity are more than three times higher in urban areas
Indians exhibit unique features of obesity. Excess body fat, stomach adiposity, amplified internal and intra-abdominal obese, and accumulation of fat in ectopic spots (like liver, muscle). Obesity is a major factor for the widely prevalent metabolic syndrome and type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Even though this is a global phenomenon, India is different as it has to struggle with both over and under nutrition at the same time.
Diseases associated with obesity:
Any system in the body can be affected by obesity. The common ones are diabetes, blood pressure, arthritis, infertility, sleep apnea, heart attack and skin disorders. These individuals may also have psychological problems such as low self-esteem, low confidence and at times depression.
The most important cause-is genetic. Certain individuals are predisposed to obesity. Diet, lifestyle and environment contribute to it. It is wrong to think that it is the individual’s fault that he or she is morbidly obese. However it is a preventable condition provided the tendency of an individual to put on weight is identified in the early stages. Expert medical advice at this stage can prevent this condition.
Although anyone could put on excess weight, a study has identified that the incidence is highest amongs’t housewives in upper middle class families. With a rapidly expanding middle class in India, it is now known that every 3rd man and every 2nd woman is overweight. This translates to 50 million individuals in India who are overweight. A small percentage of these will be morbidly obese.
The problem of diabesity:
Obesity in type-2 diabetic patients is a very common phenomenon and often termed as “Diabesity.” Diabetes, obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia are grouped under one name “Metabolic syndrome.” The rising incidence of these lifestyle sicknesses in India is alarming as separately or in combination, which act as foremost risk elements for coronary artery diseases (CAD). Augmented predilection to diabetes and impulsive CAD in Indians has been credited to the “Asian Indian Phenotype”. They have less obesity measured by BMI and bigger central body obesity as per greater WC and WHR.
Many Indians fit into the category of metabolically obese, normal weight individuals. Although with lean BMI an Indian adult has more hazards of having abdominal obesity. The body fat measurement of an Indian is considerably greater than a western counterpart with alike BMI and blood glucose level. It has been postulated that extra body fat and low muscle mass may describe predominance of hyperinsulinemia and the greater threat of type-2 diabetes,’
Focus on childhood obesity:
Following the increase in adult obesity, the proportion of children and adolescents who are overweight and obese have also been increasing. The most significant outcome of childhood obesity is its tenacity into adulthood with all its health hazards. The health risks include cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, osteoarthritis, gallbladder disease, and some sex hormone-sensitive cancers. It is more likely to persist when its onset is in late childhood or adolescence. If basic origins of obesity epidemic are not solved, it is likely to devastate health structures all over the world. Mortality risk increases with increased weight of children.
Internationally, a “projected 10% of school-aged children, among 5 and 17 years of age, are bulky or obese. In India, many studies have shown that the prevalence of overweight among adolescents varies between 10% and 30%.
Low levels of physical movement, seeing TV, and having junk foods are connected with a higher occurrence of overweight. Thus, participation in household activities and regular physical exercise could help in lowering the prevalence of overweight. Therefore, the role of physical activity, games, and sports should be emphasized, and facilities should be provided for outdoor games in schools, with compulsory hours of sports and games.
Given the rapid rise in obesity in India, it is important to know the “weight of the nation.” Due to the long-term consequences, the cost burden of obesity on the health care system is enormous. A better understanding of the numbers and causes can help overcome barriers to the primary prevention of obesity for youth and adults let..; communities, medical care, schools, and workplaces.
About INXS
The INXS has woken up to the need to achieve a healthy weight, in order to ensure health of the-country. Innovative, yet simple and low-cost suggestions, such as yoga, meditation, and folk dance, can be used to maintain optimal weight of our country men and women.
INXS anti aging and anti-obesity Clinique was pioneered by a young doctor couple Dr Keerthi Patel and Dr Sangeetha Patel. INXS is the first and only medical establishment treating solely obesity since the many years. So far 1000’s of patients have been cured with approximately 80% success rates. Dr Keerthi and Dr Sangeetha have also been steering non clinical research on numerous concepts of obesity.
Dr Keerthi and Dr Sangeetha have also been duly recognized and honoured for their work. They had the chief minister of Karnataka state, Shri B.S. Yediurappa launch their Mesotherapy treatments for the first time in India in April 2006.(Then DCM) Successively they had the former PM of India Shri H.D. Devegowda to induct their new state of art anti-aging anti- obesity Clinique on Sep 2006.
Dr Keerthi And Dr Sangeetha are medical graduates, from Sri Siddartha Medical college, Bengaluru University & both of them acquired their diploma in dermatology from United Kingdom. Both the doctors have also obtained their basic and advanced diploma in Mesotherapy after undergoing certified training in Mesotherapy under Dr Jacques Le Coz in Paris in July 2005. Both Dr Keerthi and Dr Sangeetha were the first Indian doctors to get training under Dr Lecoz and were also among the first Indian doctors who familiarised Mesotherapy in India.
For further details contact:
Dr Keerthi & Dr Sangeetha Patel
Inxs Anti- Aging & Anti-Obesity Clinic
#36, 1st floor, 2 main road,
Vyalikaval, Sadashivanagar, Bengaluru-560003
Tel: 080-23311774/ 080-23449140
Mob: 98454 24024/98455 35763
