English version: Obesity as a topical medical problem of the 21st century: A modern view on the disease of the humanity

Abstract

The article analyzes current scientific literature about the most widespread and the most urgent medical problem of the present day, i.e., obesity. With the growth of the body mass index (BMI) and the occurrence of pathological (morbid) obesity in the human body, pathological modifications are detected in all systems and organs of the body. Obesity is an important independent health problem that is included into the WHO international diseases classification as a chronic disease and requires the study of pathological processes in all organs and systems of the human body.