Obesity by MOHAMMED NOORALDEEN https://padlet.com/32834/xy8649xlrpp0 Biology, Period 1 en-us 2017-02-06 14:13:36 UTC 2025-11-02 04:49:51 UTC hello@padlet.com Description of the Obesity? 32834 https://padlet.com/32834/xy8649xlrpp0/wish/151822733
 Obesity means having too much body fat.
 People who are overweight or obese have a much greater risk of developing serious conditions, including:
  • Heart disease.
  • Type 2 diabetes.
  • Bone and joint disease.
  • Obesity effect all the body.
]]> 2017-02-06 14:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/32834/xy8649xlrpp0/wish/151822733 cause of the obesity? 32834 https://padlet.com/32834/xy8649xlrpp0/wish/151823014  obesity can cause by :
  • Eating more food than your body can use.
  • Drinking too much alcohol.
  • Not getting enough exercise.
Its can be by a mutation if something wrong happen in the endocrine disorders or  MC4R gene.
]]> 2017-02-06 14:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/32834/xy8649xlrpp0/wish/151823014 How the obesity is inherited? 32834 https://padlet.com/32834/xy8649xlrpp0/wish/151823188 Most people can get obesity if they didn't protect them body from obesity.
 It's not a sex-linked. 
 It's can be either a recessive or dominant. If a mutation happened in the  MC4R gene it can present with either dominant or recessive patterns of inheritance.
]]> 2017-02-06 14:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/32834/xy8649xlrpp0/wish/151823188 How the obesity is treated? 32834 https://padlet.com/32834/xy8649xlrpp0/wish/151823727 The obesity can be treated by:
* surgery 
* Exercise 
*Diet 
*orlistat medicine 
You can only use orlistat if a doctor or pharmacist thinks it's the right medicine for you. ]]> 2017-02-06 14:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/32834/xy8649xlrpp0/wish/151823727 How the obesity is diagnosed? 32834 https://padlet.com/32834/xy8649xlrpp0/wish/151824082 The most common way to determine if a person is overweight or obese is to calculate body mass index (BMI). 
 BMI is an estimate of body fat, and it's a good gauge of your risk for diseases that occur with more body fat.
BMI is an estimate of body fat based on comparing a person’s weight to his or her height.]]> 2017-02-06 14:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/32834/xy8649xlrpp0/wish/151824082 How the obesity effect the body? 32834 https://padlet.com/32834/xy8649xlrpp0/wish/151824586 Obesity is a serious, chronic disease that can have a negative effect on many systems in your body.
  • Its effect all the body.
]]> 2017-02-06 14:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/32834/xy8649xlrpp0/wish/151824586 How many and what type of people are likly to have Obesity? 32834 https://padlet.com/32834/xy8649xlrpp0/wish/151826029 Obesity can happens in both male and female.
 African Americans were 1.5 times as likely to be obese as Non- Hispanic Whites.
African American women have the highest rates of being overweight or obese compared to other groups in the U.S. About four out of five African American women are overweight or obese.
More than 35% of U.S. adults are obese, and more than 34% are overweight.]]> 2017-02-06 14:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/32834/xy8649xlrpp0/wish/151826029