What health risk does obesity transports?
Obesity is a medical term that underlines the unnecessary fats in our body. Obesity is the root of different diseases like: diabetes, cancer,gout etc. But, overweight cannot be considered as obesity. A person is generally considered as obese when his/her weight exceeds more than 20% then that of a normal person.
Today obesity has been a serious problem in public health. In 1998,World Health Organization has declared obesity as a problem of epidemic proportions. The rate is growing every day; the latest survey showed that there are billion obese adults and children through out the globe. The reason of obesity can be the poor diet or low physical exercise or genetic but this is seriously growing everyday increasing diseases and decreasing our life expectancy.
Many organizations and health care associations are introducing different weight loss programs and many other weight losing products are available in the market which is found helpful if taken under the prescription of doctors.
Heart disease:
Heart disease is the major cause of death observed in US. People who are obese develop high risk of heart diseases like: high blood pressure, heart attack problem, stroke etc. In obese people sudden death due to angina, heart attacks and stroke is seen which is very hazardous. If you are obese then it’s better if you focus on your diets and physical exercise. A balance diet and proper physical exercise can help you reduce the risk of heart disease.
Diabetes:
Type2 diabetes is commonly seen in obese people. The unwanted body fat reduces the body ability to produce insulin which leads to type2 diabetes. Obesity and diabetes has been major cause of early death and sudden attacks of heart associated diseases. Obese people are more likely to suffer from type2 diabetes then the normal people.
The only way to avoid these diseases and problems is to reduce your body fat by physical exercise and proper diets. It is a good idea if you consult your doctor for weight loss program.
Sleep apnea:
Sleep apnea is life threatening condition seen in obese people. Generally, obese people are found to suffer from this critical condition where the individual stops breathing for a short period to time. People suffering from sleep apnea may get heart attack and strokes which may lead to death. The simple and the best way to avoid this fatal problem is weight loss.
Gout:
Gout is an extreme joint pain due to the high level of uric acid present in our blood. Lack of physical exercise and poor diet sometimes leads to severe condition by forming the uric acid into a crystal masses which sets down in our joint and cause gout. People who are obese are seen to face this problem because of their weight, poor diet and physical exercise. If you are suffering from gout then we suggest you to consult your doctor before making any decision for weight loss program and using other weight loss tonics.
Psychological factor:
Psychological factor is a serious problem in obesity. People who are obese generally feel shame and embracing due to their body figure and size. Obese people are seen humiliated at their work and school which surely leads to depression. The only way to shun these problems can be weight loss and doctors suggestions.
Are you standing on the following spots?
If you are then it’s for sure that you are the next.
Age:
Our body metabolism changes with the growing age. As we grow old the body metabolism slows down and the body needs only limited amounts of fat and calories.
But, many people think that in adult age body becomes weak so they consume more amounts of foods and perform less physical activity which certainly leads to obesity. People lack physical exercise but consume more which brings obesity.
Genetics:
Genes affects our weight related process and body metabolism like: as metabolic rate, blood glucose metabolism, fat-storage etc. It is seen that if the parents are obese then children are also likely to be obese. Though this is not universal but still the probability remains high. In some other cases when the infant is born overweight then it is seen that his/her mother is physically less active. Therefore, even genes play important role obesity.
Physical exercise:
Physical exercise is a basic necessity to overcome obesity. If you are obese then it’s good if we join jogging, swimming, yoga classes and other physical work outs to reduce the unwanted body fat. Low physical efforts tend to increase obesity along with different diseases.
Eating habit:
Eating habit is considered as a source of obesity. Some people have a habit of eating even if they are not hungry, this is not good because providing more fats and calories then the body demands leads to obesity because these unwanted fats store in our body and gives negative impact to our body.
Slow metabolism:
Women face more difficulty in losing weight than men. Women have less muscles then men and muscles are the main fats burning factors in our body. The food we eat contains fats and calories which is burn down by the muscles and digestive process which converts them to energy. As the women have less muscular body their body metabolism to burn these foods are slow. Hence, if the woman is obese then she will definitely face problems in losing their weight and even to regain it when they are under weight.
If you belong to any of above mentioned points then you are likely to have obesity. But, obesity can be reduced and avoided with good physical exercise, better diet and being health conscious.
Source:
http://whyfiles.org/067fat/2.html
