Diseases associated with being overweight

With the economic development, there is lot of life style changes in this world and more and more people are doing less physical work. One of the side effects of all this is that people put on weight. Once the weight is put on it is very hard to lose it if not impossible to lose. Being overweight has lots of health problems. The effects of overweight are:

1) Arthritis: It is a condition of joints when they become very painful. It is usually of knee joint in overweight people because they have to carry excess weight and is usually seen in person over 45 years of age.

2) Sleep Apnea: In this condition there is sudden stoppage of breathing for a very short time during sleep.

3) High Blood Pressure: The fat deposit inside the arteries and the lumen of the arteries get less so heart has to pump harder to push blood. This give rise to high blood pressure.

4) Gall Stones: Since gall stones are mainly made of cholesterol so in over weight person’s chances of getting gall stones is much higher.

5) Fatty lever: Fat accumulates in the liver and it can cause inflammation, abscess, infections, scarring and even death.

6) Diabetes: Excess fat causes insulin to become less efficient in getting glucose into cells. Because of this, more insulin is needed to maintain the normal blood sugar. Being overweight could cause insulin resistance, which could develop to diabetes.

7) Depression: Being overweight can lead to depression and it can give rise to mood swings.

8) Blount’s disease: Excess weight can lead to lots of pressure on the limbs and it can lead to deformity in the lower limbs when the child is growing.

9) High Cholesterol: Fat usually accompanies cholesterol and cholesterol deposits in the arteries which result in arteries loosing their elasticity and the lumen is reduced which can give rise to heart attacks.

10) Asthma: Fat persons usually have asthma.