Ann Short Rep | Volume 1, Issue 3 | Review Article | Open Access
Noman Shahzad*, Abdul Rehman Alvi, Romana Iqbal, Shaquat Rozi, Fatima Mannan and Delvene Soares
Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi, Pakistan
*Correspondance to: Noman Shahzad
Fulltext PDFThere is a steady increase in prevalence of obesity over last 2-3 decades to the extent of global epidemic. Overall 25% of world population is reported to be overweight and 10% are obese. The evolutionary origin of obesity points towards survival advantage of obese individuals, but in modern way of living, advantages of obesity are lost and hazardous effects have become more prominent including cardio-metabolic risk factors and some malignancies. There is very scanty information in medical literature about value of fat stores in critically ill patients. Available literature has pointed towards the potential benefits of fat store in combating the disease process in critically ill patients. Though obesity is known to adversely affect the overall health of individuals, its positive role in recovery of critically ill patients needs to be further evaluated.
Shahzad N, Alvi AR, Iqbal R, Rozi S, Mannan F, Soares D. “Survival of the Fittest” Does Obesity Trait Evolved Over Time Confers Survival Advantage to Critically Ill Patients? Ann Short Reports. 2018;1:1013.