| In a world where media and societal mores hold | | | | problem for the obese. Immobility plays a large |
| beauty and fitness to high standards, an overweight | | | | factor.StrokeObesity is often associated with |
| person can feel depressed, left out, and suffer low | | | | inactivity, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol, |
| self-worth. Television and fashion magazines bombard | | | | the same conditions which may cause blood clots to |
| us with pictures of reed-thin models and actresses | | | | form in the arteries. These clots in turn slow blood |
| and athletes with washboard abs, glamorizing certain | | | | flow to the heart and cause strokes.Sleep |
| impossible ideals to a point that a normal person is | | | | ApneaSleep apnea is a condition where a person will |
| destined to feel inadequate. One can imagine how an | | | | stop breathing while asleep. As excess fat crowding |
| overweight or morbidly obese person must feel to | | | | air passageways leads to this condition, obese |
| be exposed to this environment.Aside from emotional | | | | patients often suffer sleep apnea. Lack of blood flow |
| factors that come into play, obesity brings with it | | | | to the body during sleep can contribute to |
| various health risks that must be addressed first.Low | | | | drowsiness during the day, headaches, and a host of |
| Mortality RateThe Center for Disease Control | | | | other problems.Type 2 DiabetesCommonly known as |
| attributes 300,000 deaths in the US annually to | | | | adult onset diabetes, Type-II diabetes is thought to |
| obesity-related illnesses. People with a BMI of 30 or | | | | be caused by the body's gradual inability to use insulin. |
| above suffer a 50-100% increased risk of premature | | | | Prolonged inactivity, obesity, and age are common |
| death from illness as opposed to people at normal | | | | factors in the increasing risk of onset diabetes. As a |
| weight levels.ArthritisAs a person gains weight, the | | | | person gains an inordinate amount of weight, blood |
| pressure in the body to carry the extra load | | | | sugar levels can fluctuate out of control and lead to |
| increases. As a result, overweight people suffer an | | | | serious imbalances.Reduce the risks associated with |
| increased risk of pain in the joints, in particular | | | | obesityIt's as simple as this: the more excess weight |
| osteoarthritis - which affects the knees, hips and | | | | you lose, the better your risks of serious illness will |
| back.Heart DiseaseAs high blood pressure is more | | | | decrease. An exceptional loss of weight can be the |
| common among overweight people than people at | | | | difference between having to have surgery for |
| normal weight levels, so increases the risk for heart | | | | arthritis or dealing with minor physical therapy. First, |
| disease. Instances of high triglycerides and low HDL | | | | though, you have to lose the weight. Consult with a |
| cholesterol as found in obese patient can increase the | | | | physician with regards to the weight loss program |
| chances for heart attack, angina, and congestive | | | | that is right for you, and don't feel frustrated about |
| heart failure.Deep Vein ThrombosisDeep Vein | | | | the length of time it takes to be well. Losing weight |
| Thrombosis, or DVT, is characterized by a clot in the | | | | doesn't happen overnight, and with steady |
| leg veins that forms after a prolonged period of | | | | determination you will see results.Kathryn Lively ( |
| inactivity. While DVT is common among people | | | | writes for Compuslim ( a weight loss program |
| confined to wheelchairs and business travelers who | | | | individually tailored to different lifestyles. |
| sit for long commerical flights, DVT can present a | | | | |