obesity the burgeoning problem
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Obesity and C.H.D
Dr Colin Waine
Visiting Professor Primaryand Community Care
University of Sunderland
Obesity the burgeoning problem
“From Samoa to the Steppes, from Sunderland to Sao Paulo - every country faces a potential public health disaster if it fails to take decisive measures, not only to introduce better management but far more effective preventive measures, to halt the slide we have seen accelerating over the past 25 years”
Chairman I.O.T.F 1999
The Rising Prevalence of Obesity
in England 1980 to present
Year Men% Women%1980 6 81991 13 15Currently 17 20
Tackling Obesity
• Population based or public health approach
• Personal or high risk approach
Tackling Obesity
Where do we start?
• B.M.I > 30 kg/m2 with a family history of type 2 diabetes and/or c.h.d in a first degree relative
• those with B.M.I > 27 kg/m2 with co-morbidities which would benefit from weight loss
Tackling Obesity
The goal - not cosmetic but metabolic health and reduction of risk
This can often be achieved by a 5-10% sustained weight loss.