Obesity is a deadly disease: a global warning of "shortened lifespan" and health risks.
Many overweight people have shared heartbreaking experiences: being given insulting nicknames and constantly enduring strange looks from others. This is especially true for young women; being overweight can be incredibly cruel. They linger outside beautiful shop windows, only to watch others enjoy their beauty; couples stroll down the street, their happiness undisguised, while they feel lonely and heartbroken; others have enviable jobs, while they repeatedly hit roadblocks and feel lost...
Obesity not only affects a girl's figure, but it's also a matter of life and death, regardless of whether you're a man or a woman. The International Congress on Obesity announced that more people worldwide die from obesity than from starvation-more than double the number! The World Health Organization and the US government have officially recognized obesity as a disease, and the US Internal Revenue Service allows taxpayers to deduct weight loss expenses as medical expenses!
Research from the World Health Organization warns that obese people are at more than three times the risk of developing diabetes, two to three times the risk of heart disease, one to two times the risk of cancer, and one to two times the risk of sexual and reproductive disorders compared to people of average weight.
Obesity is often accompanied by the "three highs" (high blood sugar, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol), increasing the risk of the "three diseases" (diabetes, heart disease, and cancer). More than 80% of diabetic patients have a history of obesity, and more than 90% will develop cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. How does obesity increase the risk of cancer? Many harmful substances are fat-soluble and accumulate in fat (imbalance of the first line of defense). High cholesterol has an inhibitory effect on immune cells such as macrophages, causing the immune function of obese people to decline, reducing their ability to recognize and kill cancer cells (weakened second line of defense). For women, excessive body fat can create an "estrogen dominance," thereby inducing breast cancer and uterine cancer (malfunction of the body's information system). New research has found that estrogen dominance can also induce prostate cancer and testicular cancer in men.
Obesity can lead to sexual dysfunction and decreased fertility. This is the result of the combined effects of three levels: the circulatory, endocrine, reproductive, and nervous systems. Glycated hemoglobin and high blood lipids narrow blood vessels, thicken the blood, and impede its flow, which particularly affects erectile function in men. Excess body fat creates an estrogen dominance, inhibiting the secretion and ovulation of the gonadotropin DHEA, and lowering androgen levels (which are converted into estrogen). Furthermore, obese individuals lack self-confidence and attractiveness to the opposite sex, making it difficult for them to relax or providing stimulation. Obesity not only leads to high mortality rates but also high suicide and accident rates, creating another type of "three highs" (high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol). Therefore, the ultimate price of obesity is a shorter lifespan! Life insurance companies understand this well: premiums are directly proportional to obesity.
Studies have shown that 80% of success in career choices, mate selection, and social interactions is determined by your first impression; those first four seconds can decide your future. A slim, toned figure is not only beautiful and photogenic, but also contributes to health and longevity. Did you know that women with a slim waist, wide hips, or excellent measurements are not only sexy and beautiful, but also have higher fertility rates and longer lifespans? It seems men's instincts are quite scientific! The World Health Organization has found that women (in Asia) with a BMI over 25 or a waist circumference over 80 cm are at high risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Experience from multiple countries shows that slim and beautiful women are more likely to find boyfriends, husbands, and jobs, and their income is more than 20% higher. For example, regarding how appearance affects income, research from Guildhall University in London found that female secretaries of average appearance earn 15% less than their attractive counterparts; unattractive men earn 15% less than their handsome colleagues; obesity has little impact on men's salaries, but women suffer losses due to obesity, earning more than 5% less than their weight-loss colleagues. Therefore, weight loss is a low-investment, high-return endeavor.
Abdominal obesity means that internal organs are also obese, thus increasing the risk of disease. Besides causing illness, obesity also brings other negative effects (such as increased energy expenditure and environmental pollution). Severe obesity increases resource waste, reduces work efficiency, and shortens average lifespan. Extremely obese individuals typically need to eat more food, wear larger clothes, pay higher insurance premiums, spend more money on weight loss and medical treatment, consume more fuel when traveling, and emit more carbon dioxide. Excessive obesity can reduce the speed and agility of movement and thinking, affecting work efficiency. By increasing morbidity and accident rates, severe obesity may also shorten average lifespan.