Health Dangers of Being Over Weight or Obese.
There are significant health risks associated with obesity. The effects of obesity are far reaching. Little discussed, obesity (a little like alcoholism) affects not merely the person themself, but the lives of all their family members and other close associates.
It is possible for an over weight or even obese person to live an active and healthy life. They, however, have to work at it much harder and with greater dedication that people of normal weight.
If you are over weight and not seriously attempting to improve your overall health including reducing your body fat, an early death awaits you. In all probability, it will be a drawn out, miserable path to death involving many different diseases and disorders along the way.
The following list does not claim to be comprehensive. In fairness, neither does it claim that all over weight people - or even any over weight or obese person - will contract all of the following ailments. Still, medical research and health experts have identified that over weight and obese people have significantly increased level of risk of contracting these ailments. You can be absolutely assured that some of them will apply to you. If not now, then sooner than you may think.
- High blood pressure, which may then also lead to:
- Headaches
- Ear noise & buzzing
- Tiredness
- Shortness of breath
- Excessive sweating
- Confusion
- Vision changes
- Nose bleeds
- Blood in urine
- Kidney damage / failure
- Strokes
- Elevated serum cholesterol levels
- Elevated LDL ("bad" cholesterol) levels
- Decreased HDL ("good" cholesterol) levels
- Elevated triglyceride levels
- Elevated blood glucose
- Decreased blood oxygen
- Decreased testosterone levels
- Heart disease and Strokes, potentially leading on to:
- Heart attack
- Congestive heart failure
- Sudden cardiac death
- Angina
- Arrhythmia
- Chest pain
- Brain haemorrhage
- Paralysis
- Cancers including (but not limited to):
- Endometrial cancer
- Colon cancer
- Gall bladder cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Kidney cancer
- Esophagal cancer
- Uterine cancer
- Breast cancer
- Ovarian cancer
- Pancreatic cancer
- Asthma
- Snoring
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Osteo Arthritis
- Cataracts
- Erectile dysfunction
- Impotence
- Infertility
- Loss of libido
- Irregular menstrual cycles
- Gestational diabetes
- Type Two Diabetes, potentially resulting in:
- Slow healing of cuts & wounds
- Abnormally frequent urination
- Increased thirst
- Nerve damage
- Blurred vision
- Heart Disease
- Kidney Disease
- Stroke
- Blindness
- Erectile dysfunction
- Amputations
- Pregnancy and birth complications
- Increased need for Ceasarean sections
- Birth defects for the infant such as:
- Spina Bifida
- Low blood sugar
- Brain damage
- Seizures
- Neural tube defects
- Omphalocele
- Heart defects
- Depression
- Gall bladder disease, potentially leading on to:
- Gall stones
- Abdominal pain
- Back pain
- Incontinence
- Increased surgical risks
- Tinnitus
- Fatty liver disease, potentially leading on to:
- Cirrhosis of the liver
- Severe liver damage / failure
- Insulin resistance syndrome
- Reduced immune function
- Swollen joints / fluid retention
- Muscular aches and pains, particularly:
- Neck
- Shoulders
- Chest
- Biomechanical injuries & faults, including:
- Sunken arches / flat foot
- Heel spurs
- Plantar fasciitis
- Shin soreness
- Creaking knees
- Achilles tendonitis
- Calcific tendonopathy
- Sprained ankles
- Bone chips
- Gout
- Social and career ostracism & discrimination which may result in loneliness, poverty, sexual frustration.
As this list is far from comprehensive, you should now realise that there are many significant health risks associated with obesity. The effects of obesity are so far reaching that over weight & obese individuals would do well to consider not only their own welfare but also that of those they love and deal seriously with it before the consequences become irreversible.
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