Health hazards of obesity

Obesity comes with a huge number of health hazards. The most important health hazards caused due to obesity are:

1. Heart attack: The heart problems that are caused due to obesity are generally termed as Coronary heart diseases. In an obese person, the coronary arteries which supply oxygenated blood to the heart are blocked due to the deposition of fat. Cholesterol, etc in the arteries. Due to this the arteries become narrow and the blood flow decreases. Due to this, the oxygen demand of the body cannot be met. Chances of such a person getting heart attack or chest pain increases. Excessive obesity can also make a person prone to death due to heart attack.

2. Hypertension: Usually this is also called as high blood pressure. Whenever the blood is pumped by the heart, the pumped blood applies a pressure against the wall of the arteries. This pressure is called as blood pressure. As the size of the arteries decreases, this pressure increases. And this condition is termed as hypertension in the medical sciences. Thus obesity triggers the chances of a person to suffer from hypertension.

3. Type 2 Diabetes: Diabetes is a disease where the food consumed (which later breaks down into glucose molecules) is not properly burned to completely convert the consumed food into useful energy. In diabetes the ability of a cell to utilize the insulin secreted by the pancreas in order to convert the glucose molecules into useful energy decreases. In worst cases the insulin secretion stops permanently. Under such conditions the patient is advised to take shots of insulin injection to burn the glucose present in the blood. If this process halts, permanent kidney failure, strokes and lot of other problems can arise. Such a person gets tired very easily and hence consumes more food than his natural requirements. Diabetic patients also have eye problems. In severe cases a person may also turn completely blind.

A few more hazards that are caused sue to obesity are as given below:
• Increasing unwanted body fats.
• Having an abnormal waist.
• The possibility of getting cancer increases.
• The wear and tear in the joints increases. This causes pain at the joints.
• Difficulty in breathing while sleeping if lot of fat is built around the neck.
• Can also cause infertility in women.
• The chances of getting gallstones (stone like materials forming in the bladder) increases.

In order to avoid the above risks you need to cut down your body fats. A sensible step taken now can keep you happy throughout your future. Never consume too much oily foodstuffs. Always do some exercise once in two days (minimum) or twice in a single day (maximum).

Please refer the following articles in the Label Link "Health" below the post for more details:

• Exercises to reduce obesity and body fats.
• What are the causes of Obesity?
• What is obesity?

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