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PubMed1984

[Obesity as a current social problem].

The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity, the classification of the population whose age is the most favourable for working activities as patients, considerable prevalence of the disease among children and young people, the disease progress and severe complications make obesity one of the most important problems today. The development of obesity and complications is mainly caused by energy imbalance which gets aggravated in subjects manifesting lipid metabolism pathology. Disorders in the character and rhythm of nutrition are most remarkable in cases of obesity complicated by cardiovascular pathology, diseases of the hepatobiliary system, diabetes mellitus, and so forth. Taking into consideration the significance of the problem of obesity the Institute of Nutrition, Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, developed a program of measures whose realization will favour the solution of the Food Program.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1983

A study of medico-social problems of the inmates of a leprosy colony in Mysore.

A study of the inmates of a leprosy colony in Mysore revealed that there were more male cases and that the deformities were also more common among the male patients. There was no cases among inmates below 20 years of age group 31-50 years. 93.2% of the inmates were illiterate and 96.6% of the patients were ignorant of the cause, spread, prognosis of the disease and prevention of disabilities. This indicated an urgent need of health education among the leprosy patients and their families. All the inmates, including the apparently healthy relatives reported loss of income due to disease and disabilities. Rehabilitation of the inmates by raising poultry, breeding sheep and sericulture activities must be encouraged.

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PubMed1983

[Chronic toxoplasmosis in pregnant women--an epidemiological and social problem].

Frequency of pregnancy miscarriage was analized in 52 women with chronic toxoplasmosis treated clinically. The pregnancy miscarriage was found in 78.4% of cases including abortion-48.7%, premature and immature delivery resulting in death-17.1% and newborns with congenital defects-12.6%, of with 78.6% died shortly after the delivery. The percentage of normal pregnancy amounted to 21.6% and in 3 cases newborns with congenital defects survived. It was shown that chronic toxoplasmosis is dangerous for successive pregnancies and it is not restricted to one pregnancy only.

Abortion, Spontaneous↗