Avoid being overweight has become a very tough task nowadays with busy lifestyles and poor eating habits we have developed. We do not have time to exercise nor are we ready to avoid fast foods, which is now part of our lives. Obesity is a disease, which strikes millions of people every day, including the children and the adults and causes on set of many other diseases very easy, but we do not accept this to be a ‘real disease’.
Diabetes type-2 and obesity
Obesity puts a strain on the blood vessels, raising blood pressure and also it puts strain on the digestive system organs, making digestion, very inefficient. When strain is put on the islets of Langerhans of pancreas, type-2 diabetes can result. But mostly, it is not the direct cause but intensifies chances of getting type-2 diabetes when other high risk factors are present, for example heredity factor. But if anyone is already suffering from type-2 diabetes, now becomes overweight, will suffer more, as he/she will find it very difficult to keep his/her blood glucose level under control, because obesity raises the blood glucose level.
Chances of development of cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attack, stroke, and hypertension intensify because of the complications a person suffers from diabetes. As discussed earlier, these diseases also develop if you are obese. Hence, if a diabetic is obese, chances of the above mentioned diseases striking that person are double to that of the one who is not obese. This fact illustrates the importance of controlling the weight, by taking healthy diet and taking proper exercise.
