How Much Do You Know About the Dangers of Obesity? Analyzing Multiple Risks and Controllable Changes
The greater the overweight, the greater the risk of high blood pressure. An overweight person is more than five times more likely to develop high blood pressure than a moderately obese person, and more than twice as likely as a mildly obese person. However, high blood pressure symptoms can be reduced or even eliminated through weight loss.
Blood contains both protective "good" and "bad" lipoproteins. If good lipoproteins are too low and bad lipoproteins exceed normal levels, dyslipidemia occurs. Obese cells absorb excessive nutrients, inevitably leading to elevated levels of certain lipid components, making dyslipidemia common among obese individuals. The main danger of this condition is causing atherosclerosis. If the coronary arteries of the heart harden, the blood vessels supplying the heart narrow, causing myocardial ischemia, i.e., coronary heart disease. Similarly, dyslipidemia can be controlled through weight loss and regular dietary therapy.
Obesity-related diseases are also showing a trend of affecting younger children. Some children develop acanthosis nigricans at a young age, a result of insulin resistance caused by obesity, leaving them with no choice but to lose weight to reduce insulin resistance. Furthermore, obesity is a direct culprit in causing various conditions such as high blood viscosity, hyperuricemia, high incidence of fatty liver, and hyperinsulinemia.
Many people are puzzled by the origins of obesity. If you believe that obesity is entirely caused by genes, you are sorely mistaken.
When someone occasionally "concerns" about your increasingly bloated body, do you also say, "There's nothing I can do, my parents are like that, it's genetic!" If you don't want to helplessly watch your body continue to become plump, then start changing now.
Obesity genes do play a role, but that is absolutely not a reason for you to continue being obese. This should be good news for some people. Let's re-examine "obesity inheritance"—the inheritance of lifestyle habits such as diet and exercise, as well as environment, within the family. In this inheritance, children learn various behavioral habits from their parents (such as a lack of exercise, frequent consumption of high-glycemic index foods, etc.), carry them into adulthood, and then pass them on to their children, repeating this cycle. Rather than inheriting obesity genes, it's more accurate to say that unhealthy eating and lifestyle habits are inherited. This kind of inheritance has nothing to do with genes; we can change it ourselves.
Furthermore, metabolic rate gradually decreases with age. Therefore, with the same diet and the same amount of exercise, you might not be overweight when you're young, but you'll start gaining weight in middle age.
Having confidence in your ability to control your weight is the first step to saying goodbye to obesity, because no one is destined to be obese from birth or for life. If no one has seen you slim yet, surprise them this time!