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- Medical Video: 😍 You Are Not Fat! Your Stomach Is Bloated And Here Is How To Get Rid Of It! - ASMR
- How to measure whether our stomach is central obesity?
- Causes of distended abdomen
- The risk of a distended stomach compared to ordinary obesity
- 1. Higher risk of death
- 2. Central obesity remains dangerous even though the individual has a normal BMI
- 3. Not only at risk for cardiovascular disease
- 4. It is more risky to cause fat accumulation in the blood vessels
Medical Video: 😍 You Are Not Fat! Your Stomach Is Bloated And Here Is How To Get Rid Of It! - ASMR
Obesity (obesity) and central obesity (distended abdomen) is a condition caused by accumulation of body fat, but there are differences in concepts and health risks both can be different. Then which is more dangerous?
How to measure whether our stomach is central obesity?
Obesity is a condition of excess fat accumulation in the body of an individual that is not balanced with an individual's height. The concept of measuring obesity refers to the body mass index (BMI) value of the calculation of body weight (kg) divided by height squared (m2) The BMI value that shows obesity in Indonesia is if BMI is greater than 27.0 kg / m2. But this measurement is very dependent on height and cannot distinguish muscle mass from body fat mass.
While central obesity is a condition of accumulation of fat around the abdominal (stomach) or known as a distended stomach. The measurement method is using the abdominal circumference (measured just below the segment of the last rib and above the navel) with normal limits if the abdominal circumference is less than 90 cm for men and 80 cm for women. Central obesity can also be seen based on the ratio of abdominal circumference and pelvic bone circumference. If the stomach has a larger circumference than the pelvic bone, then it can be ascertained that the individual has central obesity or distended.
Then whether obese individuals are definitely central obesity? Not necessarily, and vice versa. Someone who is overweight is more likely to have fat in other parts of the body, but does not accumulate around the abdomen. Conversely, someone with a distended abdomen may only have fat deposits around the abdomen
Causes of distended abdomen
Like overweight in general, obesity and central obesity are caused by fat accumulation due to high carbohydrate, cholesterol and fat consumption patterns and are not balanced with sufficient physical activity. But in central obesity aka distended, this is often triggered by alcohol consumption so often called beer belly or beer belly.
This has been proven by Schroder's research in which individuals who consume alcohol are at risk for central obesity by 1.8 times compared to those who do not consume alcohol. Alcohol consumption will increase glucose intake which is not needed by the body.
The risk of a distended stomach compared to ordinary obesity
The most important adverse effect of the condition of being overweight in obese individuals is increasing the risk of various degenerative diseases due to imbalances in blood pressure, insulin secretion, and HDL and LDL cholesterol levels. Of course this will not cause serious direct symptoms, but it will get worse as the individual ages.
While in individuals who are central obesity aka distended stomach, the impact of fat accumulation will be more quickly experienced. Here are some things that cause central obesity more dangerous:
1. Higher risk of death
Individuals with fat that accumulates around the stomach have a higher risk of death than ordinary obese individuals. This is supported by recent research showing that obese individuals who do not have central obesity will have a lower risk of death.
2. Central obesity remains dangerous even though the individual has a normal BMI
A study by Boggs shows that women with fat accumulation in the stomach increase the risk of premature death, even though they are not obese.
3. Not only at risk for cardiovascular disease
Fat accumulation around the abdomen also increases the risk of erectile dysfunction and cancer. This is because fat accumulation near the body's vital organs around the abdomen can trigger damage due to inflammation on the inside. As a result individuals become more at risk of chronic diseases.
4. It is more risky to cause fat accumulation in the blood vessels
Fan's research shows that individuals with central obesity are at risk of atherosclerosis, whereas individuals with obesity based on BMI do not increase the risk of atherosclerosis.
Central obesity and general obesity are conditions caused by fat accumulation. But fat accumulation in the stomach or central obesity is more at risk for developing disorders and even death faster than obesity in general.
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