The Silent Health Risks of Obesity | Insights by Dr Paparao Nadakuduru | Citizens Specialty Hospital

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:02]Hi, this is Dr. Paparao, consultant physician, Citizens Specialty Hospital, Nallagandla, Hyderabad. Obesity and overweight has become rampant all over the world. Almost 320 million people in India either have obesity or overweight.

[00:00:16]So, obesity leads to so many other complications like hypertension, diabetes, heart attacks, strokes, and also responsible for certain types of cancers. So, obesity has almost 200 about 200 complications related to weight and about 13 types of cancers also. So, it is important to realize obesity itself is a disease. Nowadays, it is called adiposity-based chronic disease and it needs immediate attention and and proper ways and means to control the weight.

[00:00:49]Most importantly, it is about the lifestyle.

[00:00:53]In the lifestyle, it is about 85% is diet only. Rest of the 15% is to improve the endurance and fitness, that is exercise. So, it is important to reduce pure carbohydrate diet. And also, there are certain medications if the patient qualifies to take medications medications. Sometimes, it is a huge uh you know, weight above BMI above 40, we can say that they can also undertake a metabolic surgeries. So, it is important to realize obesity is a disease and to tackle as soon as possible.