How Obesity Affects Our Health?

How Obesity Affects Our Health?
Chapter 1
I. Introduction :
Obesity is when a person is carrying too much body fat for their height and
sex. A person is considered obese if they have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or
greater. Being obese can increase our risk of developing many
potentially serious health conditions, including: type 2 diabetes. high
blood pressure. high cholesterol and atherosclerosis, which can lead to
coronary heart disease and stroke. Obesity can cause a lot of damage to
our body. It isn't just a cosmetic concern, it is a medical problem and it
can affect our health and our daily routine.
What is Obesity?
Obesity can be a genetic problem or a disorder that is caused due to unhealthy

lifestyle habits of a person. Physical inactivity and the environment in which an
individual lives, are also the factors that leads to obesity. It is also seen that when
some individuals are in stress or depression, they start cultivating unhealthy
eating habits which eventually leads to obesity. Medications like steroids is yet
another reason for obesity. Today's way of life is less physically active than it
used to be. It is a term used to describe excess body fat. Obesity, excessive
accumulation of body fat, usually caused by the consumption of more calories
than the body can use. Obesity is a life-long, progressive, life-threatening,
genetically- related, multi-factorial disease of fat.
How does Obesity begin?
Obesity is generally caused by eating too much and moving too little. If you
consume high amounts of energy, particularly fat and sugars, but do not burn off
the energy through exercise and physical activity, much of the surplus energy will
be stored by the body as fat. Childhood obesity can begin as early as 9 months of
age. Obesity does not happen overnight. It develops gradually over time, as a
result of poor diet and lifestyle choices. Such as eating large amounts of
processed or fast food, drinking too many sugary drinks and drinking too much
alcohol.
What is the relation of being Obese to our Health?
Overweight and obesity are known to increase blood pressure. High blood
pressure is the leading cause of strokes. Excess weight also increases your
chances of developing other problems linked to strokes, including high
cholesterol, high blood sugar, and heart disease. Being obese is related to our
health because if we are obese our body will not be able to have a healthy body.
And it can damage our health and it has a possibility that we can have a health
problem.
How Obesity affects our Health?

Obesity affects our health in the way that we will able to have a sick and a health problem.
Being obese is not easy because there's a lot o people who will judge you. Obesity can affect
ones social, psychological health and wellness lives. Obesity can be a fatal disease causing many
deaths not only in America but around the world. Obese people have many disadvantages in
life. Some can not get health insurance if they are too overweight, they make on average, less
money than people who are not obese. Because of that if they will have a health problem they
have no money to go to the doctor.
Obesity can affect our health like in hypertension because obesity is major risk factor for high
blood pressure(hypertension). Hypertension increases the risk of other diseases. These include
coronary heart disease (CHD), congestive heart failure (CHF), stroke, and kidney disease. And
also obesity increases your risk of heart failure. Severe obesity is associated with irregular
heartbeats. Respiratory order it is people with obesity have reduced lung capacity. These
people are at higher risk for respiratory infections. They are more likely to have asthma and
other respiratory disorders. Asthma has been shown to be three to four times more common
among people with obesity. Obesity puts a strain on your whole circulatory system. This strain
increases your risk for stroke. Obesity can lead to other stroke risk factors. And also particular
severe obesity, contributes to a number of bone and joint issues. These issues can increase the
risk for accidents and personal injury. Bone and joint issues. That are the health problem that
can affect our health if we are obese.
How to prevent Obesity?
There's a lot of things that we can prevent obesity in the way that we should
exercise regularly. Healthy diet and physical activity always go hand-in-hand in
decreasing the risk of obesity and even in combating it if you already are obese or
overweight. Avoid processed foods, consumption of processed foods is linked to a
higher risk of obesity. Foods that are high in fat, salt, and sugar are not only
unhealthy but it also encourages overeating. Ensure that you’re getting enough
sleep, sleeplessness can lead to obesity in many different ways. Keep a food
journal, this can help you find out what triggers your emotional eating.
II. Background of the Study

Obesity and its related diseases place a significant burden on healthcare
systems and tackling obesity is a government-wide priority in the UK. As part of
joint plans agreed under the Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research,
the National Institute for Health Research takes a strategic lead on obesity
research. The MRC’s role is to support the overall obesity research strategy by
addressing areas relevant to its remit.
Increased mortality and substantial morbidity are associated with obesity due
to its impact on type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, osteoarticular
and reproductive disease and certain cancers. It is the single most important risk
factor for type 2 diabetes. Obesity and its consequences represent a major unmet
need for improved therapies and prevention strategies. Despite this, recent
advances mean that this problem is becoming tractable. Obesity poses a major
public health challenge. Each year, obesity contributes to an estimated 112,000
preventable deaths.
Obesity is generally defined as excess body fat. However, since excess body fat
is difficult to measure directly, obesity is often defined as excess body weight as
measured by BMI. bmi, which is calculated as weight in kilograms divided by
height in meters squared, is used to express weight adjusted for height. Although
BMI has limitations as a measure, it has been a useful indicator of overweight and
obesity. For example, several studies have found that adults with a high BMI are
at increased risk for various diseases and children who have a high BMI are likely
to have relatively high levels of body fatness.
III. Related and Literature Study

Obesity , is one of the common and serious disease over the world. There must
be cases of obesity no matter in urban or rural area, as it is a widespread and
escalating concern. It does not just happen in adults as children also may have the
possibility because they are less concern about their health nowadays. Obesity is
actually a condition whereby abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may
impair health and also the genetic and environmental factors that are difficult to
control when dieting. For the rate of obesity has been increasing in both adults
and children. Obesity has twice increment around the world since 1980 and more
than 1.4 billion adults, 20 and older were overweight. From these overweight
adults, it has over 200 million men and approximately 300 million women were
obese. According to a hefty new analysis from the Global Burden Of Disease Study
2013, it is stated that the number of overweight and obese people rising from 857
million in 1980 to 2.1 billion in 2013. However, the rate change greatly
throughout the world . More than half of the world’s 671 million obese
individuals living in only ten countries, which is 15% combined at China and India,
more than 13% at USA, Egypt, Brazil, Pakistan, Mexico, Russia, Germany and
Indonesia. USA, one of the high-salary countries, has the highest increases in
adult obesity, where approximately one third of the adult population are obese.
In Australia, it is estimated around 28% of men and 30% of women are obese, and
in UK is about a quarter of the population are obese. ( Reference nursing.net)
Obesity has several serious health issues associated with it. Some of the impacts
of obesity are diabetes, increase of cholesterol level, high blood pressure, etc.
Social impacts of obesity includes loss of confidence in an individual, lowering of
self-esteem, etc. The risks of obesity needs to be prevented. This can be done by
adopting healthy eating habits, doing some physical exercise regularly, avoiding
stress, etc. Individuals should work on weight reduction in order to avoid obesity.
Obesity is indeed a health concern and needs to be prioritized. The management
of obesity revolves around healthy eating habits and physical activity. Obesity, if
not controlled in its initial stage can cause many severe health issues. So it is wiser
to exercise daily and maintain a healthy lifestyle rather than being the victim of
obesity. Obesity is mainly due to the overindulging unhealthy diet and eating
habits. Many people just eat whatever they like without concern about the value
of nutritious. Nowadays, many fast food outlets are opened and it is getting more
and more all around the corner of the world. Those fast foods are a diet which is
high in calories and the trans fats contained may raise the LDL cholesterol, or
known as bad cholesterol and leads to heart attack or any other cardiovascular
diseases. The alarming increase in obesity has resulted in stimulated death rate
and health issues among the people. There are several methods adopted to lose
weight and they include different diet types, physical activity and certain changes
in the current lifestyle. Many of the companies are into minting money with the
concept of inviting people to fight obesity. (Reference www.thewisdompost.com)
IV. Recommendation
The United States has made progress toward translating science into practice
in the brief time since the obesity epidemic was officially recognized. But the pace
of this translation has been slow relative to the scope and urgency of the problem
and the associated harms and costs. As discussed above, moreover, the evidence
emerging from applied research on obesity prevention can be inconclusive,
incomplete, and inconsistent. A systematic process is needed to improve the use
of available evidence and increase and enhance the evidence base to inform
decisions on obesity prevention and other complex public health problems.
Commitment to such a process is needed from both decision makers and those
involved in generating evidence, including public and private policy makers and
their advisors, scientific and policy think tanks, advocacy groups and stakeholders,
program planners, practitioners in public health and other sectors, program
evaluators, public health researchers and research scientists, journal editors, and
funders. With this in mind, the committee makes the following recommendations
for assisting decision makers and researchers in using the current evidence base
for obesity prevention and for taking a systems-oriented, transdisciplinary
approach to generate more, and more useful, evidence.
Submitted By :
Rhea May A. Raro
11 - ABM
Submitted To :
Mr. Mark Padernal

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How Obesity Affects Our Health?

Obesity can be a genetic problem or a disorder that is caused due to unhealthy

How does Obesity begin?

What is the relation of being Obese to our Health?

How Obesity affects our Health?

II. Background of the Study

III. Related and Literature Study

Rhea May A. Raro

Mr. Mark Padernal

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