Obesity increases the risk of many diseases, especially related to cardiovascular diseases such as high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, heart failure...
Obesity is a condition in which a patient is too heavy for his height, as determined by his body mass index (BMI). If the BMI (determined by weight divided by twice height) is 30 or more, it is considered obese.
First, obesity increases the risk of high blood pressure. “Blood pressure in obese people is easy to increase and it is blood pressure that is the biggest risk factor for cardiovascular disease.”
In addition, obesity increases the risk of coronary heart disease. Fat and cholesterol narrow the coronary arteries, impede blood flow to the heart, causing myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction. Heart failure is an almost inevitable consequence of cardiovascular diseases and has a very high mortality rate.
Obesity also disrupts blood lipids, increases triglyceride and LDL-cholesterol levels, and lowers HDL cholesterol in the blood. It is a great risk to cause narrowing of blood vessels, which is the cause of myocardial infarction, cerebral embolism, visceral vessels, extremities ...
In particular, the likelihood of having a stroke in obese people is many times higher than in the general population. People with BMI greater than 30 are more likely to die from cerebrovascular disease and atherosclerosis. People with low-grade obesity must also be careful that if other risk factors are present (type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia), the risk of stroke may still occur.
This expert also said that cardiovascular diseases have the highest mortality rate of all diseases. For every 100 people who die, about a third of them die from cardiovascular disease.
Obese people have a 2-3 times higher risk of cardiovascular disease and death than non-obese people. Moreover, if obesity is accompanied by other factors such as smoking, alcohol abuse, lack of physical activity, diabetes, advanced age, etc., the risk of cardiovascular diseases and mortality is high. many times. Obesity can cause cardiovascular diseases, which can cause heart attacks.
Statistics have shown that the risk of death is very high for people with cardiovascular diseases. Science has also proven that most cardiovascular diseases (up to 70-80%) can be prevented if risk factors are excluded, in which obesity is a significant risk factor, along with other risk factors that can also be eliminated, such as smoking, alcohol abuse, physical inactivity, the stress in work and life... Effective is hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia... does not come or come more slowly, lighter, even considered nonexistent if well treated.
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