Obesity; Sedentary Lifestyle, Binge Eating and Lifespan
Lack of physical activity and binge eating, in my opinion, are the biggest culprits to be linked with the insurgence of obesity-related illnesses of our time. Diabetes, arteriosclerosis, hypertension and related stroke, heart-attack, kidney failure are causes of sudden deaths. Cancer and inflammatory disorders are direcly linked to obesity. Infections are secondarily associated with weight gain, which modifies the anatomy or biochemistry of the living system. Obesity,without doubt, makes the body to be less resistant to infections. Oxygen circulation is made worse. By my own estimation, obesity is linked, directly or indirectly, to more than half of deaths in our hospitals, today. It compromises organs that are failing from other causes and, more so, fats accumulate when many organs fail and this, itself, accelerates the failure. Not to mention, many surgical procedures are riskier with obese individuals than with, otherwise, lean counterparts. Obesity occurs when one eats more tha...