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Obesity Definition

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Obesity is an excessive quantity of body fat.

The Obesity usually occurs when the quantity of ingested energy exceed the energetic waste for a considerable time.

It's considered a chronic disease with a difficult treatment and dangerous for serious pathologies.

The Obesity brings demage for health, like:

• Difficult Breathing
• Dermatology problems
• Loco-motor System disturbance
• Cardiovascular Problems
• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Apnea
• Some kinds of Cancer

Besides the complexity of the obesity treatment, The NTCO develops its activities trough an interdisciplinary perspective intervening in a broad and efficient way.