Obesity Risks
When asked, more people motivate that their main reason for going to the gym is improving their appearance. Never the less, exercising has a great impact on your overall health. Obtaining an ideal weight thru reducing your excess fat plays a vital role in maintaining a perfect health and fighting against illness. There is no news that obesity is a great threat that shortens your life span. It is estimated that, in civilized countries, 1 of 3 people suffers from being overweight and 20% are obese.
The excess of weight is in a close connection with most of the serious diseases, like cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes. In USA, 3 out of 4 people die either from heart diseases or cancer, every year.
An obese person needs more energy to breath, because the hearth needs to pump more blood to the lungs and to the excessive fat tissue. In time, the heart will increase its dimensions and it is very likely for the person to suffer from high blood pressure and arrhythmias.
People affected b y obesity usually have a high cholesterol level, which increases the risk of atherosclerosis. Clinical studies have shown that there is a direct connection between excess weight and cancer. Statistics show that obese women have a higher rate of breast cancer and uterus cancer, and, for obese men a higher rate of colon and prostate cancer. Excess weight can also cause gastrointestinal affections, sexual dysfunctions and arthritis.
The good news is that losing weight reduces automatically the risk of getting ill. The researchers from the Pittsburgh University conducted a research on 159 people signed on a weight loss program. The people participating on this program, the ones that managed to reduce their weight with 10-15% and to maintain it for 18 months, registered better HDL cholesterol and triglycerides levels, a better waist-hips rapport and improved their blood pressure.
It seems like the modern man is predisposed to gain 1.1 pounds every year after the age of 25.A simple calculation shows us that by the time we reach 50 chances are we will weight 26.4 pounds more than when we were 25.Plus, the metabolism slows down which means that the body will be less efficient in burning fat. Most people become sedentary once they age, losing about 2.2 pounds of muscular tissue per year. All these mean that the risk of diseases increases, as well as the risk of injuries and the body performance decreases.
Still, there is hope. For 90% of obese patients, weight loss and an active life style are capable to reduce the risks of diseases, to improve blood pressure, to reduce the number of hospitalization days, post-surgery complications and mortality caused by cancer cardiovascular diseases.
In conclusion, all you have to do is to become more active and learn to eat correctly.