Personal Account of Being Obese

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When it comes to Obesity i am one of it victims.I have been suffering from it for the past 7 years. Obesity was basically the "trigger" of all diseases that were in my genetics chain and not to mention the diseases that Obesity forms. In my genetics Blood Pressure,various heart diseases,Diabetes,Bursitis of the knee,Fatigue,Sleep Apnea,Chronic Fatigue syndrome and the one I most hate Insomnia. All of these diseases are present in my genetics some triggered and some on the brink of being triggered to make my life even worse. I have been a victim of Doctors play or basically a "Lab rat" to be more verbal , many doctors were trying medicines and ways of undefined curing just to make use of what they have and basically get rid of it. Obesity destroyed me physically,psychologically and not obviously forgetting it affecting me socially but today, im battling it with everything ive got so its just a matter of time and ill erase the word Obesity from my mind.In this research paper I will be talking about how Obesity occurs,Diseases,Causes,Solutions and not to forget mentioning Statistics.

Now when it comes to Causes or frantically saying Diseases that lead to Obesity can vary and impact majorly. Starting with Genetics , now a person will turn obese if the parents or relatives are obese and genetics have to do with hormone discharges which affect fat regulation like one of the genetic cause of obesity is leptin deficiency. leptin is a hormone that is produced in fat cells. Leptin controls how much a person can weigh because it interferes with brain signals to eat more if the fats stored are low or to eat less when the fats stored are high, but how does it occur it occurs when the body doesn't produce the leptin needed or the ...

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... do for the love of god please consult your doctor before doing anything. Now going to Surgical Treatment you can do many things such as liposuction where they can remove fat from certain parts of the body. Going over to the Bypass which is removing a part of the stomach so it reduces the consumption of the stomach and many people said that it worked but some people didn't so yeah it depends on the person. Final way which is tummy tuck or "Abdominoplasty" where you make your abdomen more firm in a way of removing skin,fat etc to tighten muscles not really a effective way to solve obesity but it gets the job done for some people.

In conclusion, Obesity is a matter that should not be treated lightly but should be prevented before it is too late and for people that do have Obesity do something today because saying tomorrow is the most deadliest disease of them all

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