January – the month of obesity under the project “Colors of Life” – 2021-1-PL01-ESC30-SOL-000036535 financed by the European Solidarity Corps.
Obesity was considered a disease more than 50 years ago. The World Health Organization (WHO) entered it on the International List of Diseases and Health Problems (the so-called ICD10 classification) under the code E66. In Poland, this list has been in force since 1996 and every doctor has it in his desk. When making a diagnosis for a patient, he must enter the appropriate disease code on the card. Obesity starts with being overweight. That is why specialists call it pre-obesity. Overweight is a state in which the body provides the body with much more energy than it needs for proper functioning, including basic metabolism, heat production and physical activity.
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