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Obesity is considered to be a chronic multifactorial disease, characterized by an excess of adipose tissue (fat), which leads to an increase in body weight and an increased risk of suffering from a number of disorders.
A patient is considered obese if they have a body mass index score above 30 (BMI = weight/height²), and as being overweight when they have a score of 25 or more.
Staying at home should by no means be synonymous with quitting your healthy habits. Here are some guidelines from our chief of Cardiology service at Hospiten Estepona, Doctor Antonio Ramirez, for senior citizens to remain safe and sound at home, along with a number of recommendations for them to bear in mind:
During this COVID pandemic, it is important to remember to continue to monitor your chronic diseases.
We sometimes tend to eat more, and larger amounts, of things that we like, rather than eating foods which provide us with the most nourishment. Unfortunately, this is not something we always conscious of doing, which is why nutrition expert, Miriam Ledesma, has shared some essential information, enabling us to follow a healthy diet in a more accurate, informed manner.
My name is Dr. Cynthia Arreola and I would like to talk to you about what we do in this field of medicine. I trained as a doctor at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, specializing in Geriatric Medicine at the Mexican Institute of Social Security. I also took part in a rotation at the “Hospital Clinic” of Barcelona during my period of medical residency.