Publication at First Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Arts |
2014
Abstract
Obesity and its related diseases have significant increased in the last 40 years till yet. There is no doubt that environmental condition, which we live in, play the main role of this fact.
The main co-, morbidities such a diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension and cardiovascular disease are affected by the heredity. The presencee of these co-morbidities is crucial for prognosis of obese patient.
Therefore the main goal of treatment of obesity in these cases is not just a simple weight-loss, but also the reduction of the risk factors of above mentioned diseases.