Obesity or overweight is a physiological condition where excess fat is stored in body tissues. Someone said to obesity when weight loss exceeded 10% of ideal body weight. Obesity is a problem since time immemorial. This situation is one of the longest metabolic abnormalities recorded in a history as seen on a clay sculpture that dates back to approximately 22,000 BC. The statue depicts an obese middle-aged woman. Obesity and still always recorded throughout history, from the time of ancient Egypt and Greece, and even even today remains a problem, especially in terms of its treatment.

Obesity raises a variety of effects, both in terms of psychosocial and medical problems. People who are obese have a lot of difficulty in performing daily physical activity and obese people who took out the daily cost for food and clothing which are larger and can also have issues in the relationship of husband and wife and small children are often found on self-identification issues. In medical point of view, diseases such as cholesterol level increases, and heart disease are some examples that could cause by obesity, Lets have a look at diet therapy for person with obesity.
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Fiber is coming from Cellulose, while cellulose is coming from carbohydrates. Fiber itself often comes from complex carbohydrates that we have discuss in earlier articles.

Fiber used to be used as and index in judging food quality. The higher amount of the fiber inside the food, then the nutrient values of the food is decreasing, its because fiber are consider as materials that is not digestible. But later, researchers agree that fiber are indeed needed by human, without it, it could result in constipation.
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