Obesity Profile Test
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Obesity is the excess accumulation of body fat that may often lead to various health issues and impact the overall fitness. Apart from diet and lack of physical activity there are various physiological, hormonal, genetic reasons that could also lead to obesity. Obesity being a serious medical issue, its timely testing and subsequent treatment is highly important. Obesity profile includes various hormonal, medical and general tests to assess and know the impact of obesity on the overall health.
Price : ₹ 6,395
The obesity profile measures the BMI along with adiponectin, leptin, cortisol, T3, T4, TSH, FBS, Lipid Profile, Electrolytes, Creatinine, Calcium, Phosphorous, Uric Acid levels in blood and routine Urine examination.
The Obesity test should be ideally done by individuals:
- With BMI more than the normal recommended levels
- With risk factors for obesity like diabetes, hypertriglyceridemia, cardiac ailments, kidney disorders
- Obese patients to know the impact on overall health and multi-system involvement
- With genetic predisposition to obesity
- With childhood obesity to diagnose the cause for obesity
- The test is done for assessing the probable genetic or hormonal causes for obesity
- The Obesity profile may be useful to know the impact of obesity on the other organs /systems
- The test may be useful in cases of childhood obesity to know if there is any genetic predisposition.
This test requires a blood sample. A tourniquet (elastic) band is placed tightly on the upper arm. The patient is then asked to make a fist. This helps in the build-up of blood filling the veins. The skin is disinfected before needle insertion and the blood sample is collected in vacutainer. The urine sample is collected in a sterile container.
