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Year : 2015 | Volume
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Diet and exercise in obesity: A case report from India
Abel Samuel, Joy Bazroy, Anil Purty, Kisku King Herald, Zile Singh, Maghida Sridhar, Irusappan Srikanth
Department of Community Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India
Correspondence Address:
Abel Samuel Department of Community Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences,Pondicherry India
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DOI: 10.4103/2231-0738.167497
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Obesity is an excess of body fat, resulting in adverse health effects. Obesity has emerged as a major public health problem. A rural mother aged 58 years, a widow for the past 29 years, presented to the chest clinic with complaints of breathlessness, snoring, and excessive sleepiness. Diet and exercise along with counseling for a lifestyle change made her lose 7% of body weight. Obesity is a public health problem with multiple risk factors, and so its management is complex. This sheds light on a nonpharmacological approach for the management of obesity. |
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