Male Obesity

Male Obesity

How do you define Male Obesity

The term Obesity describes a bodily condition, where your body weight exceeds the standard norms of what could be termed as healthy. That of course leads us to the pertinent question regarding, how much of fat can one put on without being called Obese?

 Well for that, you need to calculate your body weight in terms of BMI or what is known simply as Body, Mass Index. If you find your BMI, to be higher by 30-35 % of what is considered normal, you are considered as Obese. While obesity affects both men and women, male Obesity is seen to be more on the rise. Obesity can actually lead to a general health risk for you, even leading to bigger issues like infertility, type II diabetes, heart diseases, etc. The past decade has seen men in the United States facing major general health problems, especially with the tremendous rise in male Obesity.

It is known that the incidence of obesity is reaching epidemic levels in the western world. For example, in the United States, the incidence of Obesity increased from 12% to 17.9% between 1991 and 1999 the incidence of male obesity in the U.S increased from 11.7% to 17.9%. According to male Obesity reports in 2004, 30.6% of the male population in the U.S was Obese.

How to identify symptoms of Male Obesity

It is best that you identify symptoms of Obesity well before you are past the stage where you need serious help. There are few such signs and symptoms of male Obesity which you can recognize at home, without even the hassles getting clinical tests done. Some such symptoms that are recognizable at home are -

• Weight gain in abnormal proportions allied with a tendency to eat much more than required.
• Increase in BMI
• Sudden and extraordinary growth in abdominal girth
• Related medical complications, like hypertension, becoming a diabetic, lethargy, etc.

There might be causes dime a dozen for Obesity in men. Hereditary reasons, consuming too much alcohol, binge eating, thyroid problems or even lack of physical exercise that can lead to male obesity. Whatever the cause, make sure you identify it fast and start working towards curing it.  Male Obesity is curable, but you need to make efforts towards being conscious and taking steps that can help you in this regard.