Obesity Kills

Obesity comes with serious health risks. Aside from dealing with things like finding clothes that fit or fitting into an airplane seat or just being unhappy with the way you look, being obese puts your life at risk. Obesity puts you at a higher risk of diseases that can kill – like heart attack and stroke.

If you weigh above your average ideal weight by 40 to 75 pounds you are under the category of being obese. Weigh above your ideal weight by 100 pounds then you are considered morbidly obese.

Obese people haul much more weight than the human body should carry, putting extra pressure on joints, bones and muscles. Being 50 pounds overweight is like carrying a 50-pound sack the entire day. That’s a lot of burden for any human frame.

The joints are what carries the brunt of all this extra weight. And these happen to be the most delicate parts of our frames. Hips and ankles are at risk, but most especially the knees. The knee joints have to support majority of our body weight.

Our separated bone pieces are held together by these joints – making them vulnerable to undue stress and impact. The knees are especially vulnerable for the obese as each step you take, every moment of standing is extra wear and tear.

Just think that each step can put twice, triple, sometimes four times the normal pressure on those joints. This causes the joints to wear out earlier than usual. This is why pain and abnormal knee conditions often accompany obesity.

While hips joints and ankles are also at risk, its the knees that generally carry the brunt of the weight and absorb pressure, so this is where the injuries often appear first.

Aside from the extra weight on the frame and joints, all that extra weight puts pressure on the bodys systems too. First of all, large amounts of body fat dont just show up on the outside. Fat tissue can form internally around organs.

Internal organs are also affected by obesity. Big masses of body fat can actually crowd internal organs and put undue pressure against them. This has effects on how our organs will run and can therefore affect body functions.

Because the extra weight requires more work for the body to keep going, blood pressure is often elevated and the heart abnormally strained. This can be a factor in heart disease, heart attacks and strokes.

Also, the extra weight generally means that the persons diet is poor and too high in calories. This is a major cause of diabetes, which can damage blood vessels, eyes and nerves.

Poor circulation due to diabetes can even lead to losing one’s eyesight or losing an arm or a leg! But don’t worry, even the already obese can avoid or overturn these negative health effects.

The good news is that once an obese person starts losing weight, diabetes and other conditions can be reversed.

You will really need to get started on eating right and get moving on an exercise program. It’s been done. You can overcome obesity too!

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