DIABESITY: THE IMPORTANCE OF A HEALTHY LIFE STYLE TO PREVENT IT

PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES FOR DIABETES CAUSED BY OVERWEIGHT OR OBESITY

Obesity is a major contributing factor to the development of many chronic diseases. The risk of type 2 diabetes is 10 fold greater in men and 20 fold in women compared to normal weight individuals. Weight reduction and exercise have been shown to be effective preventive and treatment strategies.Diabetes type 2 is generally present in obese adults and it happens when the insulin is not generally accepted in the body and the person becomes hyperglycemic, being hyperglycemic means that there is excess blood sugar in the body this can cause devastating effects in the body because of damage to nerves, veins and arteries. The excess glucose can be accumulated in parts the body and affect too. In this blog we are going to talk about the secondary effects of diabetes type 2 on the body, secondary effects meaning what diabetes causes.

CONSEQUENCES

The consequences of obesity can be split into three groups, physical, psychological and social. Obesity can reduce your life expectancy by up to 9 years and many chronic diseases can be prevented by maintaining a healthy weight. Being overweight can also put extra pressure on joints and limbs, making activity quite difficult and sometimes any movement at all can be painful. Other physical problems caused by obesity are that obese women who become pregnant have a higher risk pregnancy that than of a healthy weight.

In addition to the symptoms, diabetes can cause long term damage to our body. The long term damage is commonly referred to as diabetic complications. Diabetes affects our blood vessels and nerves and therefore can affect any part of the body.However, certain parts of our body are affected more than other parts. Diabetic complications will usually take a number of years of poorly controlled diabetes to develop. Complications are not a certainty and can be kept at bay and prevented by maintaining a strong level of control on your diabetes, your blood pressure and cholesterol.

PREVENTION

We propose to investigate the role of different exercise regimes. Exercise is known to cause muscle damage but the regeneration of muscle fibers results in a more resilient and effective tissue. We believe this may result in a muscle tissue that has greater metabolic activity and contribute to energy expenditure in obese subjects. Training has never been used as a training tool to improve metabolic health.

Whether you're at risk of becoming obese, currently overweight or at a healthy weight, you can take steps to prevent unhealthy weight gain and related health problems. Not surprisingly, the steps to prevent weight gain are the same as the steps to lose weight.

• Exercise regularly
• Eat healthy meals and snack 
• Know and aboid the food traps that cause you eat
• Monitor your weight regularly
• Be consistent

When it comes to type 2 diabetes, prevention is a big deal. It's especially important to make diabetes prevention a priority if you're at increased risk of diabetes, for example, if you're overweight or have a family history of the disease. Diabetes prevention is as basic as eating more healthfully, becoming more physically active and losing a few extra pounds and it's never too late to start. Making a few simple changes in your lifestyle now may help you avoid the serious health complications of diabetes down the road, such as nerve, kidney and heart damage.

• PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

There are many benefits to regular physical activity. Exercise can help you:

• Lose weight
• Lower your blood sugar
• Boost your sensitivity to insulin

Research shows that both aerobic exercise and resistance training can help control diabetes, but the greater benefit comes from a fitness program that includes both

• SKIP FAT DIETS AND JUST MAKE MORE HEALTHIER CHOICES

Low carb diets, the glycemic index diet or other fad diets may help you lose weight at first. And by excluding or strictly limiting a particular food group, you may be giving up essential nutrients. Instead, think variety and portion control as part of an overall healthy eating plan.

CONCLUSION

The health risks and health care costs associated with overweight and obesity are considerable. A public health approach to develop population based strategies for the prevention of excess weight gain should target factors contributing to obesity, should be multifaceted, and actively involve different levels of stakeholders and other major parties. The prevention and reduction of overweight and obesity depend ultimately on individual lifestyle changes, and further research on motivations for behavior change would be important in combating the obesity epidemic.

We concluded diabetes is a disease that has many disturbing side effects apart from the fact that the person has to continually check his or her blood pressure, if not treated correctly or even if you do, the person has the risk to suffer many illnesses as a side effect for diabetes. There is still no known cure for the disease but people can be treated with stimulants and insulin.