11 HEALTH RISK OF OVERWEIGHT
The story is about spreading awareness again overweight. (read more)
What is being obese (read more)
About a third are U.S. adults. It’s a medical term that means that, mostly because of fat mass, your weigh at least 20 percent more than what is ideal for someone your height. It is measured by BMI (BMI): 30 is considered obese and higher. The extra weight, especially the fat around your waist, can lead to health problems that sometimes feed off each other. Shedding pounds can stop, slow, or even reverse several of them.
Breathing Problems (read more)
Your larger body may prevent your lungs from completely expanding, and it may not function as well for your breathing muscles, because you can’t get enough air in. Your lungs can also be affected by inflammation connected to belly fat. While doing simple activities such as climbing stairs, you might get winded easily. Extra weight can cause symptoms of asthma and COPD to get worse.
The disease of the Fatty Liver (read more)
It will cause scar tissue (a disease known as cirrhosis) when fat builds up in your liver, which will ultimately shut your liver down completely. Before the harm is done, signs can not occur. Doctors don’t know exactly what triggers the fatty liver disease, but when you’re overweight, especially in middle age, you’re more likely to have problems.
Osteoarthritis arthritis (read more)
More weight places more pressure on the joints and on the cartilage, creating discomfort and tension that strengthens the ends of your bones. Often, more body fat will cause more inflammation. It would take the pressure off the hips, lower back, and knees with just 5 percent less body weight. (That drops to 190 from 200 pounds). Exercise is one of the best arthritis activities you can do. Chat on what type and how much is right for you with your doctor.
Although there is some effect on your genes, what you eat, and how much you workout also play a part. Your weight and your “bad” LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels can be boosted by fatty foods. Soluble fiber foods such as oats and other whole grains, beans, tomatoes, oranges, strawberries, eggplants, and okra-It will help to lower your cholesterol and fill you up, so you eat fewer calories.
If bile, a type of digestive fluid, doesn’t move as it should through your gallbladder, it might harden into pebbles. The most popular form consists primarily of cholesterol. Obese females have a greater risk of having them. Since your blood cholesterol or triglyceride levels are elevated (or you take drugs to reduce them) or you have extra hormones from birth control, hormone replacement therapy, or pregnancy, you may have more cholesterol throughout your bile.
Belly fat is linked to resistance to insulin. That’s why your body produces insulin, so to get glucose out of your blood, your cells can’t use it properly. Higher-than-normal blood sugar can lead to diabetes and problems with the heart, nerves, eyes, and more. Of the 10 people who get type 2 diabetes, about 8 are overweight.
In the body, constructed uric acid comes into contact with needle-shaped crystals that damage joints like your large toe, ankle, or knee. With the number on the scale and the amount of excess weight, the risk of a spike increases, especially when you have high blood sugar and cholesterol issues, too. A heart-healthy diet and workout habits will help lower your overweight as well as your uric acid intake.
Blood Pressure Strong (read more)
Your heart needs to work harder when the heart is big, to get blood into all of your cells. The force pushes and may damage your arterial walls. Your doctor can prescribe that you workout most days for 20–30 minutes, limit sodium to 1,500 milligrams a day, and not smoke. Having your BMI up to 25 also helps lower your blood pressure.
Obesity — and your arteries can suffer from diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, and inflammation linked to it, making them thick and stiff. The cells in your organs and tissues can’t have enough oxygen from small or clogged vessels. Although you may not have any symptoms at all, this inadequate circulation will potentially lead to a heart attack, heart disease, or stroke.
Blood is filtered by your kidney and helps regulate your blood pressure. But when fat builds up inside them and pushes on blood vessels, or if the vessels that bring blood to them are blocked up, they could not do their jobs. That can lead to a harmful accumulation in your body of waste. Blood sugar and blood pressure can be a complication of kidney disease, but obesity can be a direct result.