Obesity and its associated disorders are continuously becoming epidemic in the whole world. Several factors may lead a person to become obese. The factors that may expose a person to obesity include the psychological and behavioral. Research shows that approximately 1.2 billion people are overweight. If further goes to reveal that of the 1.2 billion people, 300 million are obese. In America, the number of obese people keeps increasing yearly (Ali, 2012). The numbers have kept increasing from 1990s. The Obesity affects the children and the adults. This is a major health concern because the numbers keep on increasing in the population.
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The obesity problem influences the society because it has many health problems. Obesity has effects on the patients that suffer from coronary heart disease, hypertension, type two diabetes and cancers. The economic cost of obesity is increasing as the numbers of the people suffering from it increase. The nation spends billions of dollars to take care of obesity related complications. This is because; estimates indicate that obese people make frequent visits to the clinics than people that have normal weight.
Obesity increases the risks to large number of life threatening ailments. The connection between the mortality and obesity is clear because it causes many deaths. The potential factors that associate mortality rate and obesity include age, family history and race. Mortality rates decreases when people reduce weight. Obesity affects the cardiac structure and this leads to cardiovascular disease (Lacobellies, 2009). The cardiac function and structure change because of the increase in blood volume and number of plasma. These changes result to myocardial wall stress. Obesity effects on the cardiovascular disease come in many angles ranging from coronary heart disease, heart failure, and stroke and sometimes even cause sometimes sudden death.
Most of the diabetic’s suffer from type two diabetes and over 70 percent are overweight. Statistics indicate that a gain in weight after eighteen years increases the chances twice in developing diabetes. The type 2 diabetes has increased in adolescents and young adults. The diabetes problem is worldwide (Barnett & Kumar, 2009). This is a serious matter because most cases are because of obesity. Obesity leads to insulin resistance. This is because of the increase in the fatty acids in the blood stream it also causes the glucose intolerance. Obesity causes arthritis and gouts. These conditions are muscuskeletal conditions that lead to a larger percentage of acute and chronic disabilities. These conditions are costly to the economy and the community. The increased weight overloads the joints leading to metabolic changes in the body.
Obesity affects the fertility of human beings because of the hormonal changes that occur. The hormonal changes include the increase in levels of androgens and gonadotropins. This may lead to anovulation and reduction in sex hormones. After pregnancy, obesity is likely to occur in women. This is because of the hormonal changes that occur to the mother of the child. Statistics show that, a large number of infertile women are obese. Obesity leads to sleep disorders and may even cause respiratory complications.
Reduction in the prevalence of obesity happens through behavior change and use of medicine to manage. There are many behavioral interventions, which include operant conditioning, cognitive behavioral therapy, psychoanalysis therapy and Pavlovian conditioning. All these models aim at reducing the weight gain. The obese person can alter the diet because in most cases, the dietary checks that lead to weight control. The dietary interventions involve reduction in excess intakes of fatty foods. Exercise also helps in reducing the excess fats that cause obesity.
References
Ali, N. (2012). The obesity reality: A comprehensive approach to a growing problem. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Barnett, A. H., & Kumar, S. (2009). Obesity and diabetes. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
Iacobellis, G. (2009). Obesity and cardiovascular disease. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
