We all know that obesity is not good for daily dressing, but the most important thing is the harm of obesity to health, so what are the specific harm?
- Increased risk of diabetes
Obesity is one of the important risk factors for diabetes. 80% of people with type 2 diabetes are obese. Also, the longer you are obese, the greater your chances of developing diabetes.
- Causes dyslipidemia
Obese people, especially those with abdominal obesity, are more likely to have hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, abnormally elevated low-density lipoprotein and very low-density lipoprotein, and lower high-density lipoprotein. The reason why obese people are prone to hyperlipidemia is not yet very clear. The possible reasons are as follows: one is eating more fat, the other is storing more fat in the body, the third is hyperinsulinemia can increase blood lipids, and the fourth is blood lipids There is a problem with the clearing.
- Causes fatty liver
About half of obese people have fatty liver. The liver is where triglycerides are synthesized, yet there is not much extra space in the liver to store it. In obese people, the balance between triglyceride synthesis and transport is out of balance. Obese people have more fatty acid intake, so the liver also produces more triglycerides. Large amounts of triglycerides accumulate in the liver. The result is a fatty liver.
- Causes bone and joint diseases
There are three main types of bone and joint diseases that obesity may cause: osteoarthritis, diabetic osteoarthropathy and gouty osteoarthropathy. Osteoarthritis is the most common and most harmful. Osteoarthritis caused by obesity mainly affects the knee joint, followed by the hip joint and finger joints.
- Obese people are more prone to cancer
According to the results of epidemiological surveys, obese women are more likely to develop endometrial cancer and postmenopausal breast cancer, and obese men are more likely to develop prostate cancer; and as long as they are obese, both men and women are more likely to develop colon cancer and rectal cancer. The more severe the degree of obesity, the higher the prevalence of the above types of cancer.
- Increased cerebrovascular disease
Obese people are prone to high blood pressure, dyslipidemia and diabetes, while obese people with high blood pressure, dyslipidemia and diabetes are more prone to brain problems. First of all, such people are prone to cerebral atherosclerosis. Their cerebral blood vessels are hard and brittle, and they are prone to rupture under the action of high blood pressure, causing dangerous cerebral hemorrhage and even life-threatening. Secondly, the tissue fibrinolysis activation inhibitory factor in the blood of obese people is also higher than that of ordinary people. This factor makes it difficult to dissolve the thrombus once it is formed. Therefore, obese people are prone to cerebral thrombosis, that is, cerebral infarction.
- Increases the risk of developing high blood pressure
Obesity is closely related to high blood pressure. Obese people between the ages of 40 and 50 are 50 percent more likely to develop high blood pressure than non-obese people. A moderately obese person is five times more likely to develop high blood pressure than a normal-weight person, and more than twice as likely to be mildly obese.
- Increase the load on the heart
It was found that the incidence of angina pectoris and sudden death increased by 4 times in obese people. This shows that obesity will definitely increase the burden on the heart and cause heart damage. The heart of a normal human body is like a water pump, constantly contracting and relaxing, maintaining the circulation of blood. Obese people store too much fat in the blood, so the total blood volume increases accordingly, and the heart will increase the contraction force accordingly. When the heart is overwhelmed, it can no longer pump blood effectively, resulting in a state of blood accumulation in the cardiovascular system, and even severe heart failure.
