Analysis and consideration of obesity types in South Asians

Abstract. In recent years, the proportion of obese people in the world has been increasing, and obesity has become a global health problem. Among them, according to the existing literature, the incidence of central obesity is higher in the South Asian population, which is different from the type of obesity in the Caucasian population. In this paper, a literature review was used to search relevant literature from Google Scholar, and the keywords were South Asian, Caucasian, central obesity, metabolic syndrome, difference, treatment, dilemma, etc. It is found that the central obesity of South Asian people is related to its genes, lifestyle, diet, etc. In addition, the central obesity of South Asian people is more likely to cause cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other metabolic diseases. Due to the influence of social and cultural factors, there are many difficulties in the treatment of obesity in South Asia, and the treatment of central obesity in South Asia needs further exploration and development.