This article discusses 8 reasons why losing weight is important for your health. Obesity increases the risk of developing serious diseases like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. It can also cause respiratory issues, urinary incontinence, and varicose veins. Even modest weight loss of 10 pounds can significantly reduce health risks. Losing weight requires having proper information on effective weight loss methods that lead to permanent results.

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8 reason to lose weight now
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Summary:
Losing weight is no longer an issue you can afford to procrastinate, and
probably a good health scare is in order.
Keywords:
lose weight, weight loss, obesity
Article Body:
Obesity is the second leading cause of death after smoking. It is
associated with an increased mortality rate of all ages including
children. Losing weight though commercialized is still to your benefit if
you carry more weight than you should.
Obesity and overweight are term often used interchangeably. However,
technically they refer to two different states.
Being overweight technically means excess body mass. This includes all
the body tissues. Obesity on the other hand refers explicitly to excess
body fat e.g. a professional heavy weight body builder is overweight
because of excess muscles but is not obese.
Obesity is what should concern you. Losing weight is no longer an issue
you can afford to procrastinate, and probably a good health scare is in
order.
Reason #1 to lose weight
Diabetes:- It is well known that 80 -90% of type-two-diabetes patients
are overweight. Diabetes is the third leading cause of death in the U.S.,
as well as the leading cause of adult blindness in the world. One of the
direct causes of obesity is eating wrong foods. Some of these wrong foods
include high glycemic foods. High glycemic foods are energy dense foods
that quickly increase the level of blood glucose in your body after been
eaten. This results to the body reserving the unnecessarily high
glucose/energy into fat. This makes losing weight very difficult.
Releasing a hormone called insulin does this. Type-Two-diabetes occurs
because the body cannot produce enough insulin to remove the excess blood
glucose and store it as body fat. This will occur after straining insulin
production for some time. And that’s how you end up being fat and
diabetic.
Reason #2 to lose weight
Stroke:- Obesity is associated with arteriosclerosis, the build up of
fatty deposits in the arteries through out your body. This makes them

2. narrow slowing blood flow and among other things increases risk of the
blood clotting. Arteries at risk include those supplying blood to the
brain. If clotting occurs due to narrowed artery, it blocks blood supply
to an area of the brain resulting to stroke. Losing weight reduces this
risk.
Reason #3 to lose weight
Cancer:- The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates between 25% - 33%
of cancer world wide are overweight and physical inactivity related. Body
fat evidently promotes higher levels of insulin production and excess
estoregens, a hormone. Both insulin and estorogens accelerate cell
division.
[Probably to create adipose tissue; new fat cells to store fat, in
addition to the regular cell division]
As research has indicated, the faster cells duplicate the more they
increase chances of a cancerous cell developing. The situation is further
complicated as the rapid cell division caused by the excess hormones lead
also to rapid cell reproduction of the one cancerous cell, hence cancer
starts to develop actively. In addition fat cells tend to keep
carcinogenic i.e. cancer-causing agents, trapped in the body which
increases chances of developing cancer.
Types of cancers you will be at high risk to get include:-
Breast cancer- affecting the breast possibly in both men and women.
Colorectal cancer- affecting colon and rectum.
Prostrate cancer- affecting the prostrate gland in men.
Endometrial cancer- affecting the uterus.
Esophageal cancer- affecting the esophagus.
Renal cell cancer, the cancer of the kidney, etc.
Reason #4 to lose weight
Respiratory problems:- Obesity causes lungs to “become smaller” in size
and chest wall become heavier to lift in the process of breathing in. The
most common respiratory problem is sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a
condition where by an individual stops breathing for some time while
asleep. A soft tissue in the throat collapses around the air way probably
due to weight, blocking it. For the severely obese sleep apnea may get
more complicated with hypoventilation. Hypoventilation is accumulation of
toxic levels of carbon dioxide (the gas we breathe out) in the blood, due
to inadequate breathing. Losing weight would be the only permanent safe
and healthy solution to sleep apnea.
Reason #5 to lose weight
Urinary Incontinence:- This is involuntary release of urine. Being
overweight can contribute to urinary incontinence. A heavy abdomen due to
body fat deposit may cause valve of urinary bladder to be weakened. The
weight also exerts pressure on the urinary bladder, trying to push urine
out. This results to leakage of urine when coughing, sneezing or
laughing. This is because of a slight relaxation of the bladder valve

3. that normally will not result to leakage. It can even result to bed
wetting at night. This particular problem can be a very effective
motivator to lose weight.
Reason #6 to lose weight
Varicose veins:- Also known as Venous Stratis Disease. The leg and thigh
muscles assist the heart in blood circulation just like most large
muscles in the body. They are involved in pumping blood against gravity
back to the heart with the help of valves that close to avoid a backward
flow. Pressure as a result of a large abdomen may increase the work load
on the valves eventually causing damage. Damaged valves then allow for
blood to back up, due to gravity, causing high pressure in these veins
leading to swelling, thickening of skin and skin ulcers.
Reason #7 to lose weight
High Blood Pressure:- The BMI (Body Mass Index) and age together are the
strongest indicator of risk of hypertension or high blood pressure. At
least a third of hypertension is related to obesity.
Reason #8 to lose weight
Other Diseases:- Other diseases which MAY occur as a result of being
overweight include;
Gout
Coronary heart disease
Lower back pains
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gall stones
Pregnancy disorders such as
Neural tube defect,
Prenatal mortality,
Maternal hypertension,
Gestational diabetes etc.
Impaired immune response
Liver disease
Pancreatitis
Bad body smell
Depression
Research shows that even modest weight loss of even 10 pound for the
overweight significantly reduces the risk of developing these diseases.
Weight loss is in fact a challenge taken by many every year.
Unfortunately many fail in this healthy endeavor. And all because of one
thing; they lack proper information on effective weight loss. Effective
weight loss is permanent, and a permanent weight loss depends
fundamentally on four factors. These four are what we at Health-eMark
call the ‘Top 4 Reasons for Weight Loss Failure’.

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