Impact of obesity on holistic health crisis-Need multi disiplinary prevention

Obesity is a growing public health concern in modern societies. Physical inactivity and unhealthy diet have been identified as major risk factors for obesity. Obesity as a risk factor for a large number of chronic health complications, such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, stroke, sleep apnea and certain types of cancer, as well as in mood change and depression in obese individual. A multidisciplinary approach from individual, family, community and government is in need to prevent the epidemic raise of obesity and its health problems in India.