Obesity Kills
Obesity comes with serious health risks. Aside from dealing with things like finding clothes that fit or fitting into an airplane seat or just being unhappy with the way you look, being obese puts your life at risk. Obesity puts you at a higher risk of diseases that can kill - like heart attack and stroke.
An obese person is generally someone more than 40 to 75 pounds overweight. A person is considered morbidly obese if they weigh 100 pounds or more than what they should. Both conditions come with higher health risks.
Obesity gives your body an undue amount of stress and pressure - affecting bones, muscles and joints. That's because you are constantly lugging around too much extra weight. Imagine if you had to carry around an 80 pound sack of potatoes the entire day?
The joints are what carries the brunt of all this extra weight. And these happen to be the most delicate parts of our frames. Hips and ankles are at risk, but most especially the knees. The knee joints have to support majority of our body weight.
Joints are actually the body's weakest spots since separate bone pieces come together with them. Obese people commonly have trouble with their knees as this very complex joint faces wear and tear with every single step we take.
Obesity, puts much more pressure on the knees than usual. If you are overweight, every step puts twice, triple, sometimes four times the normal pressure on those joints - wearing them out prematurely.
All joints are at risk when you are obese - including hips and ankles. But normally, it is the knee injuries that manifest first.
The body's organs and system are also affected by what constitutes as obesity. Fat can crowd the insides of our bodies.
Too much body fat can affect internal organs by putting pressure against them. This pressure can cause the organs to start working inefficiently, and can interfere with body functions.
Because the extra weight requires more work for the body to keep going, blood pressure is often elevated and the heart abnormally strained. This can be a factor in heart disease, heart attacks and strokes.
Obesity also signals that the person's food intake is too high in calories - often with unhealthy foods. Sugar-laden, fatty, processed foods can contribute to diabetes. Diabetes in turn can damage blood vessels, eyes and nerves.
Poor circulation due to diabetes can even lead to losing one's eyesight or losing an arm or a leg! But don't worry, even the already obese can avoid or overturn these negative health effects.
But don't be disheartened. Diabetes, heart disease and other ill effects of obesity can be avoided - even reversed. That is, if you take command of your weight.
You will really need to get started on eating right and get moving on an exercise program. It's been done. You can overcome obesity too! - 17274
An obese person is generally someone more than 40 to 75 pounds overweight. A person is considered morbidly obese if they weigh 100 pounds or more than what they should. Both conditions come with higher health risks.
Obesity gives your body an undue amount of stress and pressure - affecting bones, muscles and joints. That's because you are constantly lugging around too much extra weight. Imagine if you had to carry around an 80 pound sack of potatoes the entire day?
The joints are what carries the brunt of all this extra weight. And these happen to be the most delicate parts of our frames. Hips and ankles are at risk, but most especially the knees. The knee joints have to support majority of our body weight.
Joints are actually the body's weakest spots since separate bone pieces come together with them. Obese people commonly have trouble with their knees as this very complex joint faces wear and tear with every single step we take.
Obesity, puts much more pressure on the knees than usual. If you are overweight, every step puts twice, triple, sometimes four times the normal pressure on those joints - wearing them out prematurely.
All joints are at risk when you are obese - including hips and ankles. But normally, it is the knee injuries that manifest first.
The body's organs and system are also affected by what constitutes as obesity. Fat can crowd the insides of our bodies.
Too much body fat can affect internal organs by putting pressure against them. This pressure can cause the organs to start working inefficiently, and can interfere with body functions.
Because the extra weight requires more work for the body to keep going, blood pressure is often elevated and the heart abnormally strained. This can be a factor in heart disease, heart attacks and strokes.
Obesity also signals that the person's food intake is too high in calories - often with unhealthy foods. Sugar-laden, fatty, processed foods can contribute to diabetes. Diabetes in turn can damage blood vessels, eyes and nerves.
Poor circulation due to diabetes can even lead to losing one's eyesight or losing an arm or a leg! But don't worry, even the already obese can avoid or overturn these negative health effects.
But don't be disheartened. Diabetes, heart disease and other ill effects of obesity can be avoided - even reversed. That is, if you take command of your weight.
You will really need to get started on eating right and get moving on an exercise program. It's been done. You can overcome obesity too! - 17274
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