Health promotion and prevention weight loss program in a thalassotherapy center

• A. Muela ^[1]
  1. [1] Centro Termas Marinas El Palasiet, Benicssin, Castellón, Spain
• Localización: Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Hidrología Médica, ISSN 0214-2813, Nº. Extra 1, 2018, págs. 162-162
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Introdution. Overweight and obesity are defined as an abnormal or excessive accumulation of fat that can be harmful to health. He root cause of overweight and obesity is an energy imbalance between consumed and spent calories. Body mass index (BMI) is a simple indicator of the relationship between weight and height that is frequently used to identify overweight and obesity in adults. It is calculated by dividing the weight of a person in kilos by the square of his size in meters (kg / m2).

    High BMI is an important risk factor for noncommunicable diseases, such as: Cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke); Diabetes; Disorders of the locomotor system (especially osteoarthritis), and some cancers (endometrium, breast, ovaries, prostate, liver, gallbladder, kidneys and colon). The risk of contracting these noncommunicable diseases increases with increasing BMI.