Health Risks Of Being Obese

People might think that the only negative thing that could happen from becoming obese is that you simply lose your looks or your attractiveness to some people. This may be one of the effects of obesity, but this is actually not the only negative effect of obesity on people. There are more pressing consequences that can come from being obese, and these are health-related risks.

There are actually a lot of health risks that an obese person might encounter in an obese person’s lifetime, especially if that person has been obese for a very long period of time. The longer you have been an obese person, then the higher your chances are of actually contracting these health risks. Here are a couple of health risks that could possibly develop from being obese.

1. Higher Health Risk Of A Heart Attack

There is no question about it that an obese person will experience some problems and heart conditions and diseases that could develop from his being an obese person. Being obese means that you have gained a body mass index of 30 or more, which means that you have a lot of fatty cells deposited all over your body, including all over your arteries that are responsible for supplying blood into the heart, and transporting those that are being pumped out. If your arteries become clogged or blocked, then you have a much higher chance of experiencing heart attacks or strokes.

2. Higher Health Risk Of An Early Death

Studies have shown that morbidly obese people have a higher chance of dying early. They are given a short life-time expectancy simply because most morbidly obese people don’t live for very long because they contract a lot more disease than the average person, thereby exposing them to a whole lot more diseases and medical conditions that could ultimately take their health. According to research, people who have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more have a 50% to 100% increased risk of an early death.

3. Higher Health Risk Of Getting Cancer

Obesity can actually expose your body and make it vulnerable to possible attacks from other forms of diseases and conditions. One of those diseases that benefits from this is cancer. By simply being obese, you can actually raise the risk of certain cancers forming in your body, such as cancer of the colon, kidney, gall bladder, prostate, and post-menopausal breast cancer.

4. Higher Health Risk Of Arthritis

Since obese people are heavy, they tend to put too much pressure on certain areas on their body, such as their joints on the knees and ankles. It has been reported that certain musculoskeletal diseases, such as osteoarthritis, are more prevalent with obese people as compared to those who are of normal weight. The risk of these types of diseases from forming actually increases for every 2 pounds that is gained from your supposed normal weight. This means that the heavier you are, the higher your chances would be of contracting arthritis and other musculoskeletal diseases.

5. Higher Risks Of Depression

A lot of obese people out there have openly admitted that they would rather have some other illness or disease, or would rather have one of their limbs cut off, instead of simply staying on their current weight. This says a lot, especially about how they perceive their weight and their condition. Being obese does not make them happy, which is why it increases their chances of becoming clinically depressed.

Selva Sugunendran has published  a number of Books on Health Matters including  Asthma, Child Obesity, Diabetes and Cardiac diseases.

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