Relationship between obesity and chronic noncommunicable and infectious diseases
Medicina (Brazil)
; 54(3), 2021.
Article
in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1628402
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Obesity increases the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and affects the course of diseases of infectious origin.Objective:
Reviewing the literature on how obesity influences the severity of the clinical picture of some of the non-communicable and communicable diseases of greatest impact in Peru.Methods:
Documentary research, from studies developed in various contexts associated with the presence of obesity along with infections or NCDs.Results:
The condition of obesity reached by bad consumption habits and low physical activity is the main responsible for the high rate of NCDs, consequently, mortality.Conclusions:
Excess weight affects the immune system, contributing specifically to exacerbated phenomena of a systemic inflammatory response, determined by increased secretion of adipocytokines, which predisposes the body to develop and contract NCDs and infectious diseases.
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English
Journal:
Medicina (Brazil)
Year:
2021
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Article
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