Obesity Health Problems: Take Heed Now, or Become Another Obesity Statistic

Obesity health problems are something that more and more Americans as well as people all around the world will have to live with and if one goes by the figures released by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of 1999-2000, then we should be alarmed to know that almost seventy-five percent of adult America are overweight and as many as 30.5 percent of Americans are obese. Thus, it is easy to gather from looking at these figures that not only is obesity a major problem, but that it, along with being overweight, is going to lead to much obesity health problems as well.

High Mortality And Economic Costs

The worst part of the figures on obesity is that stunningly there are more than sixty-one million people that are going to be affected by obesity health problems, and which will also see a high incidence of mortality as well as economic liabilities as well. Among the known obesity health problems that are known to us at present we can include Type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance as well as glucose intolerance, heart diseases as well as congestive heart failure, stokes as well as respiratory problems with breathing and also sleep apnea.

Other obesity health problems include high blood pressure or hypertension, high blood cholesterol and cholescystitis as well as cholelithiasis, diseases affecting the gall bladder and leakage of urine, presence of unwanted and excessive body as well as facial hair, poor female reproductive health as well as complications during pregnancy and even degeneration of cartilage and even of the bone of the joints.

Obesity health problems also extend into the realm of psychological disorders such as depression, lack of proper self-esteem and even having distorted image of one’s body, and there is also risk of contracting cancer as well as risk of requiring surgery. In addition, there are also certain obesity health problems that are gender specific that affect obese men and obese women with the latter having huge waistlines that are over thirty-five inches and which can further cause liver diseases as well as causes diabetes and even heart diseases. In the case of obese men, obesity health problems can lead to situations such as death due to colon, rectum and even prostate cancer and it may also lead to sleep apnea that in turn can cause a stroke or even a heart attack.

Thus, it is easy to see how obesity health problems can put your very survival at stake and it is also known that such obesity health problems have resulted in about three hundred thousand premature deaths in the US alone on a yearly basis. It is no wonder that the US government is forced into spending billions of dollars in providing health care, and if you makes sure to remain aware of these obesity health problems, you would watch what you eat and also try and live a more active and healthy lifestyle if you don’t want to become the next obesity statistic.

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