Obesity has now become a global problem especially in developing countries and in developed countries. Formerly the obesity problems tend to be experienced by older adults, but now young people who are obese tend to increase in number.
The growing number of obesity among young people is associated with much unhealthy lifestyles, especially caused by disproportionate consumption of foods. For example the foods which rich in fat and high calorie. on the other hand, young people tend have the pattern of life with minimum moving or doing physical activity.
Obesity is a condition where a person’s body fat levels are too high. Too high levels of fat in the body can cause many health problems.
One of the risks faced by obese people is the type 2 diabetes disease. According to some studies, type 2 diabetes is closely associated with obesity. In patients with type 2 diabetes, their pancreas actually produces insulin in sufficient quantities to maintain blood glucose at normal levels, but insulin is not able to work up to help the body’s cells absorb glucose as distracted by the complications of obesity, one of which is the fat content in blood vessels. Some of the fat contents are cholesterol and triglycerides.
Due to the ineffectiveness of insulin to help the absorption of glucose by the cells, the pancreas will try to produce more insulin. If pancreas is forced to produce excess insulin continuously, the ability of the pancreas to produce insulin will decrease. This condition is called insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is a risk factor for a person to have type 2 diabetes.
Almost 85% of diabetes cases are type 2 diabetes. The good news is obesity and diabetes are very likely to be prevented. Many Nutricians, doctors and other health experts recommend healthy lifestyles. This can be done by consuming healthy foods, performing regular exercise and reduce stress.