Are there 59 types of obesity?

This is a strange fact, but if two people have the same number of extra pounds, the same diet can be suitable for one of them and not give absolutely no results for the other. Even experts in the field of healthy eating and weight loss certainly do not know why this is so.

And yet there is an interesting hypothesis: in fact, obesity is a disorder that is divided into several subtypes, and each needs its own approach, each has its own methods of treatment. In the New York Times, even an analogy was made with oncological diseases, because they also produce skin cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer and others.

How many types of obesity really exist?

Now doctors identify 59 types of obesity. This is evidenced by Lee Kaplan, director of the Institute for the Study of Obesity, Nutrition and Metabolism from the Massachusetts Hospital. It has also been established that there are more than 25 genes directly responsible for the development of obesity, and approximately 300, indirectly influencing, in conjunction with some others, the possibility that the individual will have a tendency to overweight during his lifetime.

But genetics does not stop there. Stress, regular lack of sleep and use of certain categories of medicines contribute to their contribution. As you can see, not gaining weight is really very difficult.

A small study of journalists "The New York Times"

Reporters from The New York Times, along with doctors, have tracked the progress of several people with different types of obesity trying to lose weight by trial and error.

As a result, it turned out that for some, physical activity and a healthy diet are best, others are helped by careful calorie counting, while others lose weight only if they take special medications. And it does not depend on the type of obesity.

Thus, the conclusion can be made only one: regardless of which type of obesity a person has, it will be more correct to seek a solution to the problem by trial and error.