Obesity and body fat measurement methods

Obesity has been well documented since ancient times. "Fat shortens the duration of our life" is the faithful translation from a well-known ancient Greek quote. Basically obesity is the excessive energy savings in the body as fat and is caused by the excessive consumption of food, whose caloric value outweighs the energy consumed by an individual. Obesity poses a threat to the public health and is considered to be an epidemic in our days. One cannot overlook the fact that in developed countries the impacts of obesity have been increased during the past decade by 37%.