Medical classification of obesity

Obesity can be classified in many different ways. The popular method is to divide it into simple obesity and secondary obesity.

1. Simple obesity: Simple obesity is the most common type of obesity, accounting for about 95% of the obese population. These patients have a relatively uniform distribution of body fat, no endocrine disorders, and no barrier diseases. Their families often have a history of obesity. This kind of obesity, mainly caused by genetic factors and excessive nutrition, is called simple obesity.

2. Secondary obesity: It is a disease caused by endocrine disorders or metabolic disorders, accounting for about 2%-5% of obesity. Obesity is only one of the important symptoms of this type of patient, and there will also be other various clinical manifestations, most of which are manifested in: 1 hypercortisol, 2 islets cell tumors, 3 hypothyroid gland and 4 hypogonadism. 5 Polycystic ovary syndrome (6) Among various diseases such as hyperplasia of the internal plate of the skull, the primary disease is mainly treated during treatment, and neither exercise nor diet control are suitable.

3. Obesity caused by drugs: Some drugs not only effectively treat certain diseases, but also have the side effect of making patients obese. For example, the application of adrenocortical hormone drugs such as dehydrocortisone to treat allergic diseases, rheumatism, rheumatoid diseases, asthma, etc. can also make patients fat, and can also cause patients to develop sexual dysfunction and obesity. Such obese patients account for about 2% of obesity. In general, obesity can improve on its own as long as the use of these drugs is stopped. Unfortunately, some patients have since become "stubborn obesity" patients. (Internship Editor: Zheng Yanjun)