The harm of obesity is very serious and threatens a lifetime

1. Physiological effects

Obesity is an important risk factor for the incidence of non-infectious diseases and has become the number one killer threatening human health.

1. Obesity leads to hyperlipidemia

The concentration of free fat in blood lipids increases, and total lipid components such as cholesterol triglycerides and blood lipids generally increase. Disorder of blood lipid metabolism will eventually lead to atherosclerosis disease.

2. Obesity causes coronary heart disease

① Mainly due to excessive increase in fat, causing increased heart load or increased blood pressure.

② Excessive energy intake in the human body causes coronary artery hardening.

③ Reduced activity in obese people leads to weakening and insufficient coronary collateral circulation.

④ Fat deposits in the pericardium, affecting the normal beating of the heart. Eventually, myocardial ischemia, hypoxia, and sudden death in severe cases. After 13 years of research, Smith of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden has proved that obese people are 3 - 4 times more likely to develop coronary heart disease than normal people.

3. Obesity causes other heart diseases

Researchers in Boston in the United States surveyed 116,000 people of all ages and found that the risk of heart disease for women aged 30 - 50 is three times that of normal people, and that for women weighing 68 - 78 kilograms, the disease rate is 1.8 times that of normal people.

4. Obesity causes liver fat

The liver is an important organ for material metabolism in the human body. Fat absorbed by the intestines is decomposed and transformed in the liver and transported to tissues for storage. When people are hungry, the stored fat is transported to the liver or other tissues for decomposition and utilization. Obese patients suffer from long-term intake that greatly exceeds the body's needs, and the liver fat content is too much, which exceeds the liver's load capacity. The decomposition and utilization of liver fat forms obstacles, causing fat to accumulate in liver cells to form fatty liver. Obese people all have varying degrees of fatty liver, even children.

5. Obesity causes cancer

The American Cancer Society found that an obese person who weighs more than 10% more than his peers has a 5.5 times higher chance of developing endometrial cancer, a 3.9 times higher chance of developing gallbladder cancer, and a 3.9 times higher chance of developing uterine fibroids. The chance of developing breast cancer is 2.4 times higher than that of a normal person, and the chance of developing breast cancer is 1.5 times higher than that of a normal person.

6. Obesity causes cerebrovascular disease

Due to the increase in cholesterol concentration in the blood, the permeability of the blood vessel wall increases, lipids deposit on the blood vessel wall, causing blood vessel hardening, increasing blood viscosity, excessive platelets, and eventually forming cerebral thrombosis.

7. Obesity causes type 2 diabetes

Due to relative or absolute insufficient insulin secretion, fat synthesis is caused. Obese people are four times more likely to develop diabetes than normal people, and this rate increases with the increase of obesity.

8. Obesity causes thyroid dysfunction and hypothyroidism

Both primary and pituitary types are fatter due to low metabolic rate, relatively little fat movement, and myxedema.

9. Obesity causes sexual dysfunction

Women have menopause and polycystic ovarian syndrome, men have no testis or no testis, and are often accompanied by obesity. In men, it can cause weakening of male hormone secretion, increasing estrogen secretion, reducing sexual function and abnormal breast development.

10. Obesity causes cholelithiasis

Due to gallbladder lesions, the ability to decompose fat is reduced (bile promotes fat decomposition).

11. Obesity causes obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

These disorders occur due to obesity causing respiratory diseases and airway obstruction. The biggest risk factor is suffocation and cerebral hypoxia.

12. Obesity causes skin diseases

① Acanthosis nigricans: The main manifestation is melanin on the skin surface with obvious papular material. More than 60% of such lesions are accompanied by cancer.

② Bedsore: It is caused by the increase of human body surface area and poor blood circulation. Obese people have weak circulation and low skin resistance. Fat people sweat too much, which will damage skin immunity and be prone to skin diseases such as dermatitis and eczema and frostbite.

13. Obesity causes gynecologic diseases

Women's menstrual cycle is disrupted, and obesity can easily lead to dysfunction of the endocrine system, which changes women's menstrual period. Because obese women secrete too much estrogen, they can experience symptoms such as irregular menstruation, and may also develop hirsutism (an abnormal growth of body hair caused by a hormone imbalance).

14. The physiological effects of obesity on adolescents

It is mainly reflected in the abnormal growth and development of adolescents, mental retardation, advance or delay of secondary sexual characteristics, and disorder of endocrine function.

2. Psychological impact

① Obesity among adolescents causes bloated bodies, difficulty in mobility, and easy to be laughed at and attacked by their peers. This causes them to be separated from the group and develop inferiority complex, causing them to be introverted and even cause autism.

② Adults lose job opportunities due to obesity, resulting in difficulties for their families, finances, and sources of life. This causes psychological distortion, generates hatred towards society, and ultimately harms others and society.