Almost Everyone Wants To Lose Weight Badly But Is This A Good Thing?

A lot of people around the world want to lose weight. They want to lose weight for the sole reason of looking good. However I would like to discuss the other reason that people should concern themselves more with. That is to lose weight for health reasons. But does losing weight necessary make you healthier?

Worldwide more and more people are becoming obese. So how exactly is it a bad thing? The word 'obese' itself describes the body weight of a person which is more than what is considered to be healthy. Obesity is a significant health threat. The extra weight puts unusual stress on all parts of the body. It raises your risk of diabetes, stroke, heart disease, kidney disease, and gallbladder disease. Other conditions such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol, which were once thought to mainly affect adults, are often seen in children who are obese. Obesity may also increase the risk for some types of cancer.

There are fat cells in our body that are used to store calories that were not used. And as a result these cell increase in size and weight which attributes to weight gain. The increasing number of fat cells in our body also contributes to our weight gain as well.

When we were born, we were already provided with a certain number of fat cells which are commonly known as 'baby fat'. And the number of 'baby fat' in our body is determined by our genes. And the number of fat cells we develop when we are young in turn determines how much weight you may gain for the rest of our lives.

And the more we tend to overeat, the more fat cells we develop. And when we work out to lose the weight, the fat cells shrink. But the fat cells are still there nonetheless and do not go away. This is why it is easy for us to gain weight back than it is to lose them.

In some rare cases there are some people who suffer from obesity due to their medical conditions such as Hypothyroidism, tumors in the pancreas and hormonal imbalances to name a few. I know that many people who are obese themselves feel that the world label them as 'fat' because of their physical appearance. And for most cases this may be true. Obese people owe it to themselves to lose weight not for their appearance or others, but rather for themselves and for their loved ones.