Obesity occurs as a result of increased body fat mass. It is a multifactorial ilness that can lead to many other diseases, and also obesity affects the other ilnesses negatively. Psychological, metabolic, biochemical, genetic, environmental, physiological reasons can lead to obesity.
WHO ( World Health Organization) uses Body Mass Index=BMI to define obesity. Today many authorities believe this definition is not enough. Person’s body mass index, daily activites, triceps, skin thickness, waist circumference, hip circumference are more important to define obesity. An obese person that has abdominal circumference lubrication should treated in a different way than an obese that has lubrication of internal organs.
Especially lubrication of the abdominal organs seen together with hypertension, cholesterol, high triglycerides, diabetes (type 2 diabetes mellitus)and matabolic sydrome.If a person has metabolic syndrome the surgery of them named as metabolic surgery.