The camp will be led by Padmashri & Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr. K K Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India.
Giving the details, Dr. Aggarwal said that increase in normal weight obesity is the new epidemic of the society. Any weight gain of more than 5 kg after the age of 20 is “normal weight obesity” unless proved otherwise. Normally one is not suppose to gain weight after the age of twenty.
Normal weight obesity is detected by increased abdominal circumference and presence of high triglycerides and low HDL good cholesterol in the blood, fatty liver in adults
and ovarian cysts in girls. Also any weight gain after the age of 50 is abnormal as during this period one starts losing weight. Normal weight obesity is associated with increased incidences of high blood pressure, potbelly, diabetes and heart attacks
