Are You in Risk?

            In accordance to the center for disease control, we are eating ourselves into an epidemic of diabetes. According to the international diabetes foundation states "Diabetes and obesity are the biggest health challenges of the 21st century. Since 1999, diabetes has affected more than 16 million Americans. That has increased by more than 40 percent in the last decade. During the same time span obesity increased from 12 percent to 20 percent. Last year diabetes increased by 6 percent and obesity increased by 52 percent. About 80 and 90 percent of Americans with type two diabetes are obese. In relation obesity has a big impact in your health by increasing the risk of diabetes.

            Obesity has been linked to other health problems such as high blood pressure. High blood pressure occurs when the body is in hypertension. When children are overweight r obese, they start to get tired quicker. This causes the body greater increase of high blood pressure. Many children in the United States do not realize the risks of being overweight or obese. Many people in the U.S have High blood pressure and the majority of the population is either overweight or obese. These conditions can hurt you so bad that can increase the risks of cancer.

            The human body needs certain fats and oils in the body to be completely functional. When humans abuse of those body fats and intake more than the percentage they need, then they are hurting themselves and are in greater risk of obesity. When some Like all of the sections of fat in your body are full and you keep in taking food, your body gets bigger and not full of muscle but full of junk. This slows down the metabolism and your body can’t flush out all of the excessive fats. As a result, you can develop certain types of cancers because the human body was not able to flush out the negative oils out of the human system.

            By eating the foods that you find the most “delicious” and not taking care of your body you can suffer from many different thins. You can get various types of diseases from high blood pressure to even cancer. If we don’t change the life style in American children, then the next generation will be harder to protect from these horrid illnesses. Just because you think certain things are healthy for the human body doesn’t mean they are. Take care of yourself and be sure to be aware of the risks of obesity.