These two pictures show body scans of two women approximately the same age and height. The one on the left weighs 113 kg (250 lbs), while the one on the right weighs 54 kg (120 lbs). Accumulated adipose tissue is not the only difference between the two; the obese woman has an enlarged heart and her lungs are somewhat restricted.
Obesity has recently been declared a disease by the American Medical Association. While this does not have any legal ramifications, it may encourage doctors and insurance companies to take more steps in treating and preventing obesity. However, many disagree with the AMA's definition, citing that obesity is a complex issue with multiple causes and treatment options.
Obesity is defined as having a body mass index over 30 kg/m^2. It greatly increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and osteoarthritis.
More info: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/23011804
There are more details about this poster. I wish I knew the source. http://i.imgur.com/AB2Rp.jpg
ReplyDeleteJordi Posthumus Agreed...just making some more space for pharma companies to make more money
ReplyDeleteGraham Boreham You cannot accurately measure brain volume based on this image. Not only that but they are from a completely different "slice" therefore are not equivocal images.
ReplyDeleteAlex Gordon as Zack Mills mentioned, these are slightly different slices, i.e., they cut the bodies in slightly different planes. That's why the bones look thinner. If you were to select a slice more anterior it would likely look the same.
ReplyDeleteDon't post images without sources and credits - not only a waste of our time to verify but lack of courtesy to the creator.
ReplyDeleteGraham Boreham you can't say anything about liver function from these images. With MRI you have to do a specific functional image, Magnetic Resonance Elastography, to determine if the liver is fatty, stiff, etc.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17654577
You should provide references.
It would be more interesting to see more (oh say, one hundred) images of these persons with similar BMIs. It looks bad, and I'm inclined to say that its probably true that heavier people are sicker, but I suppose it is possible that someone just picked a very sick, old, fat gal, and a young, healthy gal.
ReplyDeleteYou may find this interesting:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ted.com/talks/peter_attia_what_if_we_re_wrong_about_diabetes.html
Wow
ReplyDeleteLindy Littlething Thank you!
ReplyDeleteUmmm...you can clearly see the "fatty liver" and cardiomegaly...this would affect function. You can see orthopedic abnormalities such as a valgus gait. Ya dont need to run labs to know that based on hard evidence, morbid obesity often causes a slew of subsequent disease processes...seriously, how is this up for debate? America is pretty much the type 2 diabetes champion of the globe....
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