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Dangers of obesity

Submitted by Fitlifeforever on Sunday, 1 March 2009No Comment

obesity-dangerAt the present it has been identified that obesity is not only a common everyday malady but a grave physical condition that should be avoided at all costs. Obesity is the main reason for having many other serious health related problems like cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and high blood pressure. 

These diseases are just a preliminary condition for those who are overweight. Other physical difficulties that they have to put up with are breathing problems, gout, osteoarthritis, and diseases related to the gall bladder. When an obese person tries to reduce weight rapidly through some of the unhealthy dietary programs like crash diet he tends to develop stones in the gall bladder. Mental health is also affected and the person develops inferiority complex in many cases. Research and scientific data tell us that heart attacks and stroke are the major reasons for causing death and leading to other disabilities. High blood pressure causes a person’s heart to function abnormally and result in heart diseases. For an obese person the arteries in the heart get blocked and pumping blood in a normal way becomes absolutely impossible. The outcome of an exceptionally elevated cholesterol levels is cardiovascular disease. Cholesterol and obesity always come in pair.

The many cancers an obese person is susceptible are prostrate cancer and colorectal cancer in men and in women the uterus, cervix, breast, gallbladder can all be affected with cancer. The list of the many diseases they can face does not have any end. Obesity is also accountable for angina and sudden heart attacks leading to death. This is especially true for people who suffer from a condition called silent heart attack. The seriousness of such a stroke or a silent heart attack is that there is neither symptom nor any sign when the person is affected with such a condition. Type 2 diabetes is commonly found in people who are obese. Diabetes is now common disease for everyone over forty years old especially in countries like India and China where rice is the staple food. But type 2 diabetes is more serious and a nightmare for obese people. They have to be continuously monitored and they have to be always aware of themselves, what they eat and how they go about themselves in the course of a day. They have to be highly self-conscious.

A little bit of carelessness also can lead to heart attacks, stroke, and temporary blindness along with pain in the eyes and head and premature death also. Obesity is a health hazard and should be treated as soon as possible. Get to a gym and get a healthy diet program as soon as possible. Any delay in treating obesity will increase the problems in your exponentially everyday. First one disease affects your body and due to this first disease a second disease crops up. The chain reaction just continues till it totally damages your body. This finally results in premature death. This is the case for all those who are obese. 90% of obese people die due to heart related diseases. 

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