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Nutrition and Diet

Obesity is among the most important health problems of
developed and developing countries today. In general, obesity is the
excessive increase in the ratio of body fat to lean mass, resulting in a body
weight above the desired level according to height. As is known,
nutrition; It is an indispensable need of life that begins in the womb and
continues until the end of life. It is the ability to use in the body the
nutrients necessary for human growth, development, healthy and productive life
for a long time.

Feeding the stomach is not suppressing hunger, eating or
drinking whatever you desire. In daily life, the age, gender, work,
genetic and physiological characteristics of individuals (pregnant, lactating,
infant, school child, young, old, worker, athlete, cardiovascular, diabetes,
hypertension, respiratory disorders, etc.) It needs daily energy that varies
according to the situation. In order to maintain a healthy life, it is
necessary to balance the energy taken with the energy expended. Adipose
tissue constitutes 15-18% of body weight in adult males and 20-25% in
females. The fact that this rate exceeds 25% in men and 30% in women
constitutes obesity.

If the energy taken daily is more than the energy spent,
the unspent energy is stored as fat in the body and causes obesity. In
parallel with this, the developments in today’s technology, while facilitating
life, have significantly limited daily activities. As can be understood,
obesity; It is accepted as a disease that negatively affects the quality
and duration of life resulting from the fact that the energy (calories) taken
with food is more than the energy consumed and the excess energy is stored as
fat (20% or more) in the body. By the World Health Organization (WHO),
obesity has been defined as excessive fat accumulation in the body to the
extent that it disrupts health.