General
information
Obesity is
a very well-known medical condition around the world. It occurs when there is
excessive body fat in a person’s body according to his or her height. Having
extra fat will make you of course gain weight, and become a less mobile person.
Normal people can gain different behavior after becoming overweight, such as
being lazy and unproductive. There are also the diseases that an overweight
person might get.
Levels of fatness
Being a
person with extra fat on your body doesn’t mean you’re obese. There are levels
of fatness, which can show the amount of fat in your body and at what level of
obesity you are. The first is overweight, which is the lowest level. The
next level is obese, and super obese is the third level, which is also
the highest of them all.
How does it happen?
As is
known, a combination of excessive food energy intake with a lack of physical
activity explains most obesity cases, but there are a limited number of cases
where a person becomes overweight; it can be caused by genetics, medical
reasons, or eating disorders. Even more, the increasing reliance on cars and
mechanized manufacturing can be considered as a cause of being overweight.
Effects on Health
The
increase of body weight and the excessive body fat on any person will always
give negative results. Excessive body weight is associated with various
diseases, mostly cardiovascular diseases. An overweight person becomes less
energetic and less mobile over time, resulting in a lazy habit and leading to the
situation of being overweight, or, even worse, obese. The road that an
overweight person takes can sometimes not be restructured to make him go back,
as if you are adding more water to the mud. There is also the type 2 diabetes.
Obesity is thought to be the primary cause of type 2 diabetes. This illness
makes the person urinate more frequently and increases thirst and hunger; it
can also result in blurry vision. There is also the OSA, obstructive sleep
apnea. It is commonly accompanied by snoring, but can make you have difficulty in breathing too. An individual is rarely aware of having this kind
of illness, since he is asleep at that moment and it can be recognized by the
others witnessing the individual. There is also asthma, which is characterized
by shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing and chest tightness. There are more
diseases such as certain types of cancer and osteoarthritis.
(Obesity - Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia. Dec. 2012. )
The Solution
There are
two things that will help you reduce obesity, you and the food industry. As an
individual, you can eat more fruit and veggies, switch to whole grain bread,
reduce eating fast food, reduce the fat, sugar, and salt content of processed
foods. If you are going to shop for food, don’t go shopping while you’re
hungry, or else it would make you feel the need to buy a lot of food, thinking
that buying one thing isn’t enough. Reducing obesity doesn't only include
changing what kind of food you eat; you must change your behavior too and train
more. You can go to a gym or walk more often in the sunshine. As for what the
food industry can do, they can reduce the amount of fat, sugar, or salt in
their products and make diet food, such as Diet Pepsi or Diet Coke. Also
having a more nutritious choice of their products can serve all types of
customers they have. They can also give even more choices by adding products
that don't include anything that any of their consumers are allergic to.
Conclusion
There are people all around the world that are overweight and these people have
made a goal of becoming a better person and to change themselves. Being
overweight doesn't mean you will stay like this forever; people can
change the way they look and how they behave, too. Anyone can become fit
and healthy. A lot of people look at other people’s success stories and how
they were obese and then became fit and good looking, and if you doubt
yourself, you can always ask for help from your friends, or maybe get a
personal trainer that can be always by your side. Even though this road can
take a lot of time, it doesn't mean you can’t reach the goal.
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