Eating Disorders

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...ba href=/eating disorder/a/b, there are numerous factors that are related to obesity, like genetic syndromes, neuro-endocrine disorders like thyroid deficiency, Cushing's syndrome, hyper-secretion of insulin and injury to hypothalamus.

Certain drugs like cortecosteroids and tricyclic antidepressants too can result in obesity.

Obesity is a disorder, which restricts the physical activity of a person and causes various complications.

Some studies have also linked obesity to premature death.

“There are many diseases associated with obesity, especially morbid or severe obesity.

The prevalence increases as patients gain more weight over their ideal weight,” says Dr Shrihari Dhorepatil, Consultant Obesity Surgeon at PD Hinduja National Hospital & Research Centre and Breach Candy Hospital & Research Centre.

Some diseases that result due to obesity are Type II diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia (hypercholesteremia), cardio-vascular diseases, asthma, arthritis, infertility, gallstones, sleep apnoea and venous stasis (thromboembolism).

Remedies The awareness of the disease is increasing rapidly but unfortunately it is not reflected in the number of drugs in this space.

Currently, USFDA has recommended very few drugs for obesity like Orlistat (Xenical) and Sibutramine (Laptos/Obestat).

Obesity drugs also have serious drawbacks.

“The shortcomings in obesity drugs are that the weight loss is not significant and consistent.

The drugs are not effective for long-term use...

...ba href=/eating disorder/a/bs as the exclusive domain of females, since historically, girls and women have been much more susceptible to stereotypes of how they should look.

But while females may account for between 90% to 95% of the ba href=/eating disorder/a/bs on record, there are men out there who go to the same extremes for the sake of a smaller frame.

In most cases, they're involved with sports - boxing and jockeying are the two most common - that require them to come in under a certain weight in order to be considered fit to compete.

NONCHALANT REACTION In the world of horse-racing, bulimia (or "flipping" or "heaving," as it's better known) is so common that many facilities for jockeys are rumoured to have special toilets built in.

"But any toilet will do - there's nothing special about it," says former jockey Jacques DesAutels of the practice, adding he himself never resorted to such extremes.

"I just couldn't bring myself to do it." Others could and did and still do, DesAutels says, making jockeys no different than ballet dancers or fashion models - professionals whose colleagues tolerate bulimia with an alarming nonchalance.

He says jockeys, often required to weigh in at less than 124 lbs., can become compulsive about voiding their stomachs, repeating the process several times a day if necessary.

"I know guys who can go through $22 worth of food in a day ...

just eating and throwing up," he says.

"And I know guys who all they had to do was think about it." But unlike women, jockeys are l...