02/07/2022
Obesity can lead to the following consequences:
Heart disease: Fatty tissue covers the heart, making it difficult for the heart to contract. Fat also narrows the coronary arteries, impeding blood flow to the heart, leading to a heart attack.
- Hypertension.
- Dyslipidemia: Obesity increases the concentration of triglycerides and LDL - cholesterol, reduces the concentration of HDL - cholesterol in the blood. People with belly fat are prone to dyslipidemia.
Diabetes: Generalized obesity and abdominal obesity are risk factors for diabetes. Obese women are 2.5 times more likely to have diabetes than the general population.
Stroke: People with BMI greater than 30 are more likely to die from cerebrovascular disease. If there are other risk factors (diabetes, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia), stroke can occur. out with people with lower BMI (25.0 – 29.9).
Decreased fertility: in obese people, adipose tissue disrupts the ovaries, monthly eggs do not grow and mature, they are not released, poor egg quality, menstrual disorders. Too much fat will fill the ovaries and cause amenorrhea. Obesity is also easy to cause polycystic syndrome, difficult to fertilize, easy miscarriage. It should be noted that when menopause, some women easily gain belly fat.
Decreased respiratory function: Fat accumulates in the diaphragm, making the diaphragm less flexible, reducing ventilation, causing shortness of breath, making the brain lack oxygen, creating Pìckwick syndrome (sleeping around the clock, waking up when sleeping, waking up) ). Sleep apnea is also a common problem in people who are severely obese, especially when they have belly fat and a large neck.
Increased Osteoarthritis: Joints that bear excess weight will be more prone to pain. The amount of uric acid in obese people increases, easily causing gout. Many studies have confirmed, when BMI increases, the amount of serum uric acid increases.
Cancer: Obese men are more likely to get colorectal cancer, while women are more likely to get cancers of the bile ducts, breast, uterus, and ovaries.
- Digestive tract disease: Obese people are prone to gallbladder disease, liver abnormalities, fatty liver, fatty intestine, reduced bowel movements (causing bloating, constipation); The intestinal vascular system is obstructed, causing hemorrhoids,
***For children, obesity is also very harmful. These children are prone to obesity in adulthood; increased risk of cardiovascular diseases (coronary artery disease: double; atherosclerosis: 7 times; cerebrovascular accident: 13 times).
