When your overweight or obese, you are at risk for disease, illness and conditions associated with this obesity.
We talked a little about this before, but let’s take the time to go into more detail here. If you need more incentive to get on track, consider the short-term and long-term health risks associated with your condition.
You may not be surprised to learn that, as the incidence of obesity among children rises, pediatricians and other doctors are beginning to see a significant increase in diseases they rarely, if ever, used to see among their young patients.
As we mentioned previously, these illnesses include:
- Type II diabetes
- Heart disease
- Joint problems related to weight bearing
- Self esteem and confidence issues
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Depression
- Sleep disruption
- Pulmonary problems
- 70% increased chance in becoming an overweight adult (80% if at least one parent is also obese)
To this list, we must add liver disease, headaches, gall bladder disease, digestive problems, polycystic ovary disease (in obese girls), Vitamin D deficiency, some types of cancer, deteriorating vision, vascular disease and a number of other conditions.
You must realize that conditions like Type II diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure, were once limited to the adult population.
Now, they pose a significant threat to the health of not only adults but our youth!
