Health priority
Prevention and management of obesity
One in ten people are obese worldwide, three times more than 50 years ago.
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By: Igor Strauss
1 min
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), obesity is a disease, which is defined as an abnormal or excessive accumulation of body fat that can harm health.
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One in ten people are obese worldwide, three times more than 50 years ago.
Multiple complications and comorbidities are associated with overweight, both in terms of chronic, psychological and even infectious conditions, as has often been recalled in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.
And during the health crisis, discrimination and stigmatizing discourse may have targeted people with obesity.
What are the health risks ?
How to stop stigmatizing overweight people?
What measures should be put in place to fight against obesity?
Dr Jocelyne Raison
, nutritionist doctor, specialized in the care of obese people in Grigny, in Essonne and president of
the regional health network in Île-de-France dedicated to adult obesity
Béatrix de Lambertye
, Obesity-TCA Consultant (Eating Behavioral Disorders)
Pr Victoire Agueh
, general practitioner nutritionist, teacher-researcher at
the Regional Institute of Public Health of Ouidah in Benin
Report in
Martinique
Report by
Adiaratou Diarrassouba
► To go further on the subject
:
Obesities manual: Learning to live together
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