Obesity – a review
Most people think that obesity is just not looking fashionable, but they are wrong.
Obesity today is an epidemic, a disease spreading fast across both the industrialized world and emerging economies.
Obesity means having too much fat on your body.
Obesity puts a strain on joints and bones that have to carry too much weight,
this can lead to arthritis in the long run.
The weight also tends to make people less active, which, in turn, means more weight is put on.
The lack of activity and high cholesterol
brought by eating too much of the wrong kind of food impair the proper functioning of your heart and blood vessels.
This results in high blood pressure, strokes and other blood and heart conditions.
Excess weight also leads to apnea, the cessation of breathing during sleep.
Obesity can be cured with patience and effort.
As this diseases spreads, so do the efforts for curing it increase.
Talk to your doctor if you are interested in getting rid of obesity.
Recognizing obesity?
The textbook definition of obesity is a body mass index of 30 or above.
The body mass index is a measure of a person’s weight scaled according to height,
as developed by Belgian scientist Adolphe Quetelet in 1840.
This index serves to show the amount of fat stored on the body,
and the higher your BMI is, the worst is your exposure to certain diseases.
Physicians also warm that having a lot of fat stored around your waist increases the risk of
developing diseases. Going beyond size 35 in women and size 40 in men means only trouble in the future.
The causes of obesity
Obesity is caused by unhealthy eating combined with sustained lack of activity.
If food gives you more calories than you burn,
your body turns the excess into fat.
Disorderly eating habits are the top reason why people becaome obese.
With neither the time, nor the inclination to control one’s meals,
it’s no wonder people get fat all over the world.
Couple that with a sedentary lifestyle where most trips are taken by car and you got a health situation out of control.
Genetics: Obesity can also be inherited from family members who suffered from it. If your family has a history of obesity, then you would do well to watch your weight.
Junk food: We are all busy, but this does not mean that we have to eat everything fast food restaurants put before you. Burgers may look good, but they are fat too highly powered got your health. Thing is, a single burger is worth a whole meal, but your body does not judge the situation this way. Your stomach will never be filled by a regular burger, so it will keep asking for more, despite the fact that your body does not need more burgers.
Do you feel like giving up?
Many people try diets and manage to lose a few pounds. But returning to the old lifestyle and eating habits almost always means that weight lost turns into weight regained. Moreover, as diet follows diet, the body gets used to these “lean times” and makes it harder for you to lose weight.
To all this you may add that following:
a diet for a longer period of time is hard, because you will always crave the forbidden foods.
The fact that certain delicious foods are forbidden makes them that much more attractive.
A successful diet means adjusting your lifestyle to your needs, especially by making time for more exercising.
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