Obesity and How It Affects People

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Obesity can affect people's health because it contributes to hypertension, diabetes, and depression which subsidies low self-esteem. Obesity is defined as having an excessive amount of body fat. It increases your risk of diseases and health problems such as heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure (Mayo Clinic, 2013).
Children are more likely to become obese whom they have parents in their homes suffering from obesity. According to Lankford (2007), research shows that children who are overweight or obese have a 90 percent chance of being overweight as an adult, and that's why experts say it's important to help children develop healthy habits as early as possible. Having obese parents also increases the risks that the child will be obese.
Obesity can cause diabetes which sugar builds up in your bloodstream due to the lack of insulin produced by the pancreas. According to MedicineNet, Inc. (2013), insulin is necessary for the transport of blood glucose (sugar) into the cells of muscle and fat (which is then used for energy). By transporting glucose into cells, insulin keeps the blood glucose levels in the normal range. Insulin resistance is the condition whereby the effectiveness of insulin in transporting glucose (sugar) into cells is diminished. Fat cells are more insulin resistant than muscle cells; therefore, one important cause of insulin resistance is obesity. The pancreas initially responds to insulin resistance by producing more insulin. Insulin is a hormone made naturally in your pancreas. Insulin helps move blood sugar, or glucose, into the cells. Since the body uses blood sugar for fuel, insulin is very important (Levemir, 2013). As long as the pancreas can produce enough insulin to overcome this resistance, bloo...

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