The dangers of Excess Weight on Your Health: Weight, heart disease, and stroke

The dangers of Excess Weight on Your Health. Be very mindful of what you eat they may be the highway to chronic health complications

While addressing the topic of effects of excess weight on your health in the previous article, we mention depression as one of the know effect or consequence that come with excess weight and in this section we want to further on that discussion by looking at more effects and the dangers of excess weight on your health. It is true that most common problems seen in people who carry excess weight, such as high blood pressure and unhealthy levels of cholesterol and other fats in the blood, tend to occur together. Both can lead to concurrent health problems namely, heart disease and stroke.

Doctor Dalal Akoury says that high blood pressure is estimated to be about six times more common in people who are obese than in those who are lean. This has also been confirmed by various institutions and according to the American Heart Association, an individual with about 22 pounds in excess of weight will boosts systolic blood pressure which is the first number in a reading by an average of 3 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) and diastolic blood pressure representing the second number by an average of 2.3 mm Hg, which translates to about 24% increase in stroke risk. And further still and according to another study conducted in 2007 in archives of internal medicine, they examined the connection between weight and heart disease by assembling results from an evaluation of some 21 different studies involving more than 300,000 people. The findings established that being overweight boosted the risk of heart disease by some 32% while obesity increased by 81%

One very important point to take home here according to the experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center is that even though the adverse effects of overweight on blood pressure and cholesterol levels could account for 45% of the increased heart disease risk, the society should know that losing weight is very effective in correcting this condition. And as a matter of fact even modest amounts of excess weight can increase the odds of heart disease independent of those well-known risks. It therefore means that losing weight even just a minimal weight loss will have a great impact on your health.

The dangers of Excess Weight on Your Health: Weight and diabetes

Overweight and obesity are so closely linked to diabetes to the point that experts have today introduced an adjective or a noun whichever way you look at it to the term “diabesity” to describe the phenomenon. About 90% of people with type 2 diabetes which is the most common form of the disease are either overweight or obese. The incidence of diabetes rose dramatically by nearly 65% in just one decade (from 1996 to 2006).

A high blood sugar level, the hallmark of diabetes, is one of the features of metabolic syndrome. If untreated or poorly controlled, diabetes can lead to a number of grave health problems, including kidney failure, blindness, and foot or leg amputations. Diabetes is currently the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. This is not something you want to gamble with. Your life and that of your family are the most valuable assets that you can spend on to the last dollar. We do not want you to spend all your life savings in settling medical bills. That is why doctor Dalal Akoury founded this health facility (AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center) to help you get better at very minimal cost. Talk to us if you are struggling with any weight related health conditions and we will fix that problem for you very professionally and with a lot of confidence. You may schedule for that appointment today with doctor Akoury for commencement of treatment.

The dangers of Excess Weight on Your Health: Do you have metabolic syndrome?

Metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that occur together, also increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. One of the key features is abdominal obesity. If you have that problem, you’re more likely to have the other characteristics. If you have any of the three or more of these traits, then chances are that you are having or developing a metabolic syndrome:

• Big waist – A waist circumference more than 35 inches in women or 40 inches in men.
• High triglycerides – A fasting blood triglyceride level of 150 milligrams/deciliter (mg/dL) or higher.
• Low HDL – A HDL (“good”) cholesterol of less than 40 mg/dL in men or less than 50 mg/dL in women.
• High blood pressure – A systolic blood pressure (the top number of a reading) of 130 mm Hg or higher, or diastolic (the lower number) of 85 mm Hg or higher.
• High blood sugar – A fasting blood sugar level of 100 mg/dL or higher.

The dangers of Excess Weight on Your Health: Weight and cancer

Some experts believe that obesity ranks as the second leading cause of cancer death, after cigarette smoking. According to a study by the American Cancer Society published in The New England Journal of Medicine followed more than 900,000 people for 16 years. From this study it was established that there is a significant link between excess body weight and many different cancers. Some of the findings included the following:

• Among people ages 50 and older, overweight and obesity may account for 14% of all cancer deaths in men and 20% of all cancer deaths in women.
• In both men and women, higher BMIs were associated with a higher risk of dying from cancer of the esophagus, colon and rectum, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, or kidney.
• In men, excess weight also increased the risk of dying from stomach or prostate cancer.
• In women, deaths from cancer of the breast, uterus, cervix, or ovary were elevated in women with higher BMIs.

We all have a duty to bring to manageable levels this problem of obesity, overweight and all that which is associated with them. The formation of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center is on but one way of going about this issue. A lot more can be done and it all begins with you and me. Time has come when we need to forgo some of the comforts we have for the sake of our health. Take for example the use of elevators instead of taking the stair case, it is something we can do and the result will be very positive on our health. We will be discussing more as we progress with the discussion, but in the mean time I can only advice you to talk to the experts by scheduling for an appointment with doctor Dalal Akoury today tor real time treatment.

The dangers of Excess Weight on Your Health: Weight, heart disease, and stroke