Abstract
Obesity is defined by excessive accumulation of body fat usually classified by calculating the body mass index (BMI). From the 80s, obesity has become a global epidemic in different age groups of the population, with an estimate of the existence of approximately 500 million obese with a BMI e 30 kg / m2. Morbid obesity is defined as a BMI e 40 kg / m2 or greater than 35 kg / m2 associated…