Excess body weight is one of the leading health problems of the modern age. Obesity is the result of excessive accumulation of fat tissue, and the most common cause is not moving and consuming too many calories.
But weight gain can be caused by various disorders and diseases. One of the most common is a hormonal imbalance.
Disorders of glands with internal excretion (endocrine glands) can lead to excessive accumulation of fatty tissue. Most often, the problem is caused by an underactive thyroid gland, which is called hypothyroidism. A thyroid problem is usually discovered after months of uncontrolled weight gain.
Various diseases with excessive secretion of cortisol, such as Cushing's disease and Cushing's syndrome, are manifested by obesity as one of the leading symptoms.
Also, carbohydrate metabolism disorders can lead to obesity or, at the very least, difficulty maintaining body weight. Insulin resistance, which is long-term associated with diabetes, contributes to weight gain due to the anabolic effect of the hormone insulin, whose main task is the regulation of glucose metabolism, he writes. Ordination.
And problems in the functioning of the gonads, more often in women, can result in weight gain. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) combined with insulin resistance is fertile ground for weight gain.
What to do?
If your caloric intake is moderate, you exercise regularly, but you still gain weight, visit an endocrinologist. Timely diagnosis and treatment of the most common endocrinological diseases will most often bring body weight under control.
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