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Obesity
Obesity is defined as an excess amount of fat that increases the risks of health problems. Specifically, it increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. From a medical standpoint, eating excess fat causes more of it to circulate in your bloodstream. That fat, or fatty acids, can lodge itself in the walls of blood vessels and building up to plague. Plaque can cause the blood vessel to narrow making the heart pump harder to make the same amount of blood to go through the vessel. This is high blood pressure. If the plaque closes the blood vessel, specifically in the heart, it can lead to a heart attack. Lastly, the more sugars or glucose you consume the more the liver has to work to get rid of that sugar or keep the blood sugar level steady. Overactivation of the liver in this way leads to a malfunction of the liver’s blood glucose, or sugar, homeostasis.
Obesity is increasing and has become an epidemic. In the world, only one-third of every adult is overweight or obese. The highest populations of the world’s obese people (13%) live in the United States. According to a Harvard study, roughly two out of every three American adults are overweight or obese and one out of three American adults are obese.
There is a negative stereotype about obese people. Healthy people are often disgusted by obesity. They are passed over for promotions and teased at school. The obese are seen as…
