OVERWEIGHT
REASONS TO NORMALIZE YOUR WEIGHT
Being overweight has greater implications
than detracting from one's appearance. Excess body fat, in combination with
other factors such as lack of exercise, can be directly linked or at least
contribute to a host of health problems, many of which lead to chronic degenerative
disease. In short, being overweight is downright dangerous!
It is estimated that 35% of men over
thirty and 50% of women over forty are 20 pounds or more over their ideal
weight. This can lead to a variety of direct linked diseases such as hypertension,
heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.
Further, obesity has been implicated
in the increased incidence of many other health problems including kidney
disease, cirrhosis of liver, gastric and duodenal ulcers, arthritis, gall
bladder disease, urinary infection, complications during pregnancy, low back
pain, edema, hyperlipidemia, hernia, varicose veins, depression and suicide.
Cancers of the colon, rectum, prostate,
breast, uterus and ovaries are significantly greater in persons 20% above
their ideal bodyweight. Overall an individual with just a 20% above average
weight has 350% greater mortality risk from all causes!
It should be clear that while not
all body fat is dangerous, excess amounts of the wrong types of fat in the
absence of exercise can lead to many acute and chronic health problems that
might well be avoided through management of this problem.
WHY DO WE BECOME FAT?
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