Lose Weight and Live Longer or Stay Obese and Die Younger

May 29, 2010 by guest writer
Filed under Weight Loss Tips from Guest Authors

Obesity has now almost reached epidemic proportions and what are Americans doing to stop it? Most consumers choose to ignore the health risks being overweight can cause and continue to frequent the fast food chains. I personally talk to several people a day who have diabetes and blood pressure conditions. I tell my patients how losing weight could positively impact their lives and maybe they could be prescription free. How many patients do you think really listen? As you guessed, it is very few.

Every year, 300,000 individuals lose their life because of obesity. Research studies have shown obese individuals are 50-100% at more risk to die from any condition than that of a normal weight individual. Some of the risk factors for obese people are type 2 diabetes, cancer, fatty liver disease, apnea or other breathing problems, joint degeneration, heart disease, high cholesterol, and complicated pregnancies. With all this data to substantiate the risk factors of obesity, why do most people continue to eat their way to a shorter life? Here are a few true incidences I have personally witnessed. When I first started my office, I had the normal cushioned chairs with armrests. I soon notice that some of my patients could not fit into these chairs. I was flabbergasted. I had never considered this possibility. I then switched my office to a church style pew to assure my patients did not have to stand. The next incident involved my daughters concert where I saw a man have to sit on two fold up chairs because he could not fit on one or a woman so obese, she broke her ankle just from her weight with a little twist. These incidences are increasing more often in American culture and will soon become the standard if we are not careful. How can people live this way? I keep researching the answer, but it still eludes me.

Today’s society is incredibly idle. As the world progresses forward with innovative technology, much less physical activity is required in the workforce. Remember when we had to get off the couch to change the channel to the TV? Imagine how horrified society today would be if we had to revert back to the “old ways”.

An average overweight individual with a bmi less than 45 can expect to lose 2-5 years off their life. If you have a bmi over 45, anticipate 8 years off your life being a woman or 15 years off your life if you are a white male. Death is not even a deterrent with these frightening statistics as they head to the refrigerator for another snack.

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