MORBID OBESITY AS AN IMPORTANT MEDICAL PROBLEM OF THE 21ST CENTURY: ACUTE INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION IN OBESE PATIENTS

Abstract

INTRODUCTION Obesity is a chronic genetically determined, multifactorial, lifethreatening disease caused by excessive accumulation of fat in the body, leading to serious medical, social and economic consequences. Obesity is rapidly spreading around the world. An analysis of recent data on European countries shows that 40-60% of the adult population are overweight and up to 25–30% are morbidly obese. In Europe, about 150 million people are overweight, and about 40 million are morbidly obese. In obese people, life expectancy decreases, and mortality rates under the age of 40 increased by 12 times 1 . The indicators of sudden unexplained death are significantly higher in patients with morbid obesity (MO) than in patients with normal body weight. Over 75% of type 2 diabetes cases are associated with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 25 kg / m2 2 .