Obesity is a communicable disease
Obesity has multiple causes and correlates. Usually studied as a metabolic and endocrine disease, with mechanical and musculoskeletal comorbidities, obesity also has a communicable angle to it. Obesity can be considered a communicable disease from the conventional point of view, as it is associated...
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Pakistan Medical Association
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Obesity has multiple causes and correlates. Usually studied as a metabolic and endocrine disease, with mechanical and musculoskeletal comorbidities, obesity also has a communicable angle to it. Obesity can be considered a communicable disease from the conventional point of view, as it is associated with viral etiology in animal and human models. It is also associated with increased prevalence and worse prognosis of infectious diseases. Not only that, obesity is a ‘socially communicable’ disease, as it ‘spreads’ amongst people living in similar environments.
Keywords: Communicable disease, infectious disease, obesity, overweight, public health
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| spelling | doaj.art-83f49165b7c340ab885c34b74bc143652024-03-26T05:36:57ZengPakistan Medical AssociationJournal of the Pakistan Medical Association0030-99822024-03-0174410.47391/JPMA.24-29Obesity is a communicable diseaseSanjay Kalra0Madhur Verma1Nitin Kapoor2Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India; University Center for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali, IndiaDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, AIIMS, Bathinda, IndiaDepartment of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India; Non communicable disease unit, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Obesity has multiple causes and correlates. Usually studied as a metabolic and endocrine disease, with mechanical and musculoskeletal comorbidities, obesity also has a communicable angle to it. Obesity can be considered a communicable disease from the conventional point of view, as it is associated with viral etiology in animal and human models. It is also associated with increased prevalence and worse prognosis of infectious diseases. Not only that, obesity is a ‘socially communicable’ disease, as it ‘spreads’ amongst people living in similar environments. Keywords: Communicable disease, infectious disease, obesity, overweight, public health https://www.ojs.jpma.org.pk/index.php/public_html/article/view/20588 |
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