One certainty is that abdominal or central obesity is experienced by young men and adults, and attacks in postmenopausal women, to which it is not given much importance.

Instead, it is peripheral obesity which affects women in buttocks, breasts or sides of the hip, and is usually mostly in the fertile period of the same, and consultations are carried only by purely aesthetic issues and health .

For abdominal obesity may have broad waist, abdomen prominent, and these cases are those that generate less specialist visits, unless more severe symptoms, which occur as a consequence of obesity, we must pay attention to both the kilos as where they are located.

The men who have more than 102 inches in waist and women over 88 are suffering from abdominal obesity, which is generated by the metabolic syndrome, such as diabetes, coronary cardiovascular problems, hypertension, etc.

To avoid these complications, we recommend keeping the lid on body mass index, and maintain a healthy weight.

In Nielsen, a company that is dedicated to providing information regarding the ratings, business and other services, did a study on the global obesity.

Obesity in the first instance, seems to be a problem only of Americans, and yet this is very far from reality, in truth there are people around the world trying to lose weight.

Nielsen consulted citizens of 52 different countries and found that over half of those questioned were overweight. While the concern over obesity is worldwide, ways of addressing this issue vary according to each location.

How will you do in different parts of the world to lose weight?

Changing your diet.

78% of people think about making changes in your diet. One in five people in the world believe that their diet is healthy in the U.S. only one in seven think they eat healthy.

68% said it expects to eliminate fat, 65% intend to leave the chocolates and sugar, 53% intend to start eating fresh food, 46% of respondents plan to eat smaller portions of food you’re eating. 29% decided to eat fewer processed foods. And less than 10% intend to follow diets like Atkins or similar programs.

Get more exercise.

More than two thirds of respondents thought exercise more, but the definition of exercise varies. Not all countries are exercised as often in North America while having the higher registers of overweight, are also the most commonly exercised.

Diet pills or specialty shakes.

More and more people who think resorting to diet pills and other supplements. However, this method is more costly to lose weight.