What are the hazards of obesity, do you know

With the improvement of people's living standards, the number of obese individuals is also growing. People generally believe that obesity is an external manifestation of good fortune, but little do they know how many health crises are hidden beneath this "good fortune". Let's all take a look at the hazards of obesity.

What are the hazards of obesity?

1. It is easy to cause cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Researchers have found that the higher the body mass index, the higher the probability of developing hypertension in the future; Compared to the thinnest individuals, overweight and obese individuals have an 85% increased risk of developing hypertension; Controlling weight gain can help reduce the incidence rate of hypertension, heart disease, stroke and kidney disease.

2. Increased risk of diabetes

Many data confirm that the heavier the obesity, the higher the incidence rate of diabetes. At present, diabetes is the most common disease caused by obesity in some economically developed countries. About one-third of adult diabetes patients are obese. Almost all obese individuals experience varying degrees of elevated fasting blood sugar.

3. Fatty liver

Obesity can cause hepatic steatosis, leading to liver enlargement. Obese patients, due to long-term high carbohydrate and high-fat diets, as well as the presence of hyperinsulinemia, have a rate of triglyceride synthesis in the liver that greatly exceeds its ability to transport it out of the liver, or cause obstacles in the transport of very low-density lipoprotein out of triglycerides, leading to the accumulation of triglycerides in the liver and the development of fatty liver. 4. Obesity can easily lead to respiratory diseases. Researchers have found that the immune system of obese individuals is prone to overreaction, which may cause inflammation of immune cells and trigger asthma; Losing weight can help improve asthma symptoms.

5. Respiratory insufficiency

Extremely obese people have too much fat in the chest wall and abdominal wall, limited breathing activities, shallow breathing, and reduced supplemental expiratory volume, resulting in reduced functional residual volume, making the lungs close to the expiratory position. Due to the reduction of tidal volume, alveolar ventilation is reduced, and air exchange is restricted, resulting in carbon dioxide retention, arterial oxygen saturation is reduced, and the patient may appear cyanosis. Due to long-term hypoxia, it can lead to polycythemia and increased blood viscosity, exacerbating circulatory resistance and increasing cardiac burden, resulting in pulmonary arterial hypertension and the development of chronic pulmonary heart disease.

6. Obesity affects the female reproductive system

Obesity will lead to early puberty of girls, so that estrogen affects the body in advance, thereby increasing the incidence rate of breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Obesity may also lead to irregular menstrual cycles, making it difficult to predict the ovulation period of many obese girls and affecting conception. After saying so much, I believe everyone has deeply realized the harm of obesity. Foodies must control their mouths and exercise more.