Obesity - The Complications Involved

Obesity - The Complications Involved - By: Jenna Rivers

It's not a sin to be overweight. It isn't even considered illegal. But we should bear in mind that being overweight is simply hurting one's body or putting one's self at risk of many diseases. Many people are unaware that being overweight has many negative effects to the person's physical and mental health.

Heart Disease- One of the most common problems a person will encounter if that person is obese or overweight. In the US, heart disease due to overweight is one of the leading causes of death and disability for men and women. And when a person is overweight, tendency is that he or she might suffer high blood pressure.

If a person is also overweight, the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in his blood may also be high. And if this is the case, he might suffer angina, which is a pain in the chest that is caused by a low level of oxygen to the heart of the person. Sudden death due to certain heart disease may also occur without warning or symptoms.

Osteoarthritis is a case when the cartilage and the joint bone in the joint wear away. Osteoarthritis usually occurs on the joints of the bone; knees, elbow, hips, lower back and even fingers.

Being overweight greatly increases the risk that a person will acquire osteoarthritis, this is because if a person is overweight, the extra weight of that person increases the pressure on cartilage and joints of the person.

Another disease that a person will get from being overweight is cancer. Few people know about this.

Gallbladder cancer, cancer of the uterus, cervix cancer, ovarian cancer, breast cancer and colon cancer are some of the types of cancer that women will get from being overweight. For men, rectum cancer, prostate cancer and cancer of the colon are more common.

Another very common and known health problem that comes along from being overweight is diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes that is acquired from being overweight. Type 2 diabetes is the common and major cause of different kinds of heart diseases, stroke, early blindness, blurred vision, kidney disease and death.

The complications that are stated above are only some of the many complications that being overweight brings. Having self discipline is an important character we should develop if we really want to slim down and stay healthy.
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