Overweight and its health implications
Overweight is not just about looks but it also includes a wide range of medical as well as emotional/psychological problems. Therefore it is essential to understand its effect on health and overall well-being of the person.
Being overweight is certainly a never-ending condition with associated medical risks. Some say that being overweight has more effects on a social, psychological state of an individual, while others feel that severity is more the medical aspect. Either way being overweight is a health risk.
Major risks due to overweight are
Life span gets reduced
Association of weight gain with several diseases and risk factors reduces life span.
Poor Quality of Life
Weight gain leads to feeling of hopelessness and makes a person physically inactive
Medical Consequences
Diabetes: Weight gain lowers glucose tolerances and insulin activity, therby increasing the amount of sugar in blood.
Hyper Tension (High Blood pressure): Weigh gain increase pressure on arteries that can result in damage to heart and kidneys
Heart Problem: Obesity alerts good and bad cholesterol ratio which may be related to the risk of developing heat problems.
Arthritis: The extra weight of the body causes worn down off cartilage and bone in various joints, resulting in unbearable pain and stiffness.
Cancer: Certain cancer’s such as cancer’s of the endometrium, ovary, breasts and cancers of the colon in females and cancer’s of colon and prostrate in men have been associated with excess body weight.
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