Obesity; It’s An Issue
Obesity is a disorder that involves excessive body fat and increases the risk of health problems in a person’s future.Obesity occurs when a person’s BMI (Body Mass Index) is greater than thirty. According to Dictionary.com, BMI is “an index for assessing overweight and underweight, obtained by dividing body weight in kilograms by height in meters squared: a measure of 25 or more is considered overweight.” So In my essay, I will be talking about the difference between obesity in American and other countries, the causes of people eating more than they should, and the major effects of obesity. Now of course there are pretty serious effects to obesity. Obesity has major effects that could range from a few years to lifelong …show more content…
Lastly, high blood; another effect of obesity. Having more fat tissue in your body means your body needs more oxygen and nutrients in order for it to stay alive which requires blood vessels to pump more and more blood so it can circulate more blood to the tissue. With more and more blood pumping and circulating, additional blood vessels are needed to circulate the blood and that puts more pressure on the artery wall. If the artery walls have increased pressure, the more the blood pressure increases leading to high blood pressure. Not to mention, heart disease is also a big issue when obesity comes into play. There are many different diseases out there. According to Standford Health Care, atherosclerosis is the hardening of arteries and it happens ten times more in obese people than it does in people who aren’t. Coronary artery disease is more common than all of the other heart diseases because fatty deposits build up in arteries that supply the heart. Narrowed arteries and reduced blood flow can cause chest pain (angina) or a heart attack. When being obese, these are the three major events that can possibly happen to …show more content…
Taking in the extra carbs and calories adds on to the weight and your physical body fat. When you eat sugar it triggers the production of your brain's natural opioids -- a key initiator of the addiction process. When the sugar enters your body, your brain then becomes addicted to letting out its own opioids. The effect of it is very intense like heroin or morphine ("Why Do We Eat More Than We Are Supposed To?"). Researchers have wondered for years that sweet receptors have not gotten used to the cheap sugar in an everyday diet. This is why consuming too much can
Obesity is a disorder that involves excessive body fat and increases the risk of health problems in a person’s future.Obesity occurs when a person’s BMI (Body Mass Index) is greater than thirty. According to Dictionary.com, BMI is “an index for assessing overweight and underweight, obtained by dividing body weight in kilograms by height in meters squared: a measure of 25 or more is considered overweight.” So In my essay, I will be talking about the difference between obesity in American and other countries, the causes of people eating more than they should, and the major effects of obesity. Now of course there are pretty serious effects to obesity. Obesity has major effects that could range from a few years to lifelong …show more content…
Lastly, high blood; another effect of obesity. Having more fat tissue in your body means your body needs more oxygen and nutrients in order for it to stay alive which requires blood vessels to pump more and more blood so it can circulate more blood to the tissue. With more and more blood pumping and circulating, additional blood vessels are needed to circulate the blood and that puts more pressure on the artery wall. If the artery walls have increased pressure, the more the blood pressure increases leading to high blood pressure. Not to mention, heart disease is also a big issue when obesity comes into play. There are many different diseases out there. According to Standford Health Care, atherosclerosis is the hardening of arteries and it happens ten times more in obese people than it does in people who aren’t. Coronary artery disease is more common than all of the other heart diseases because fatty deposits build up in arteries that supply the heart. Narrowed arteries and reduced blood flow can cause chest pain (angina) or a heart attack. When being obese, these are the three major events that can possibly happen to …show more content…
Taking in the extra carbs and calories adds on to the weight and your physical body fat. When you eat sugar it triggers the production of your brain's natural opioids -- a key initiator of the addiction process. When the sugar enters your body, your brain then becomes addicted to letting out its own opioids. The effect of it is very intense like heroin or morphine ("Why Do We Eat More Than We Are Supposed To?"). Researchers have wondered for years that sweet receptors have not gotten used to the cheap sugar in an everyday diet. This is why consuming too much can