No! Obese people are not healthy…
There is a new fact that can be read lately on the web: obese people are healthy. In fact, it is American researchers who, through a study(1) published in theJournal of Clinical Investigation, say that overweight is not systematically linked to poor health. But, how can we imagine that by taking, at the very least, double our weight, we canstay in shape?
Because we must remain aware of the fact that, even if the weight settles gradually and without doing much damage, arrived at the quarantine, the victims of overweight will, systematically, be the victims of pathologies that accompany it such as cardio-respiratory and vascular diseases, joint disorders accompanied or not by disabling pain, arteriosclerosis …
A recent study finally interrupts these rumors that run
It is within University College London in the United Kingdom thatresearchers have overcome these preconceived ideas. The study(2) in question lasted twenty years during which more than two thousand five hundred women and men aged between thirty-nine and sixty-two years, were weighed, measured, quantified thanks to their body mass index (you can also calculate your BMI by following this link), their blood sugar, their cholesterol levels, their blood pressure and their insulin resistance.
Numbers that speak for themselves
- After five years, 32% of overweight people were no longer considered healthy,
- After ten years, 41% of these people experiencea sharp deterioration in their health,
- After twenty years, it is the figure of 51% that is put forward by the researchers.
In addition, it should be noted that only 11% of them have maintained a stable weight and have had no noticeable problems with a rebound effect on their initial state of well-being.
How is this done? The most plausible hypothesis, according to the author and the researcher in charge of the study, Mr. Joshua BELL, is that their original state remains stable in the long term. But this concerns only one-tenth of the obese population who are at risk of contracting a disabling pathology in future years.
And these figures remain innocuous compared to obese people who are already in poor health.
Obesity is a real public health problem
And for good reason, it generates real pathologies. The list goes on:
- High blood pressure,
- Diabetes,
- Cardiovascular diseases,
- Joint diseases and more specifically that of the knee.
- bowel cancer,
- breast cancer,
- Cholesterol,
- sleep apnea,
- Infertility,
- venous insufficiency,
- gastroesophageal reflux,
- Urinary incontinence.
In 2010, the WHO proclaimed that obesity is the cause of more than three million deaths. Life expectancy is greatly reduced in the case of overweight, especially if it occurs earlier in childhood or adolescence.
In addition, the world organization makes an edifying observation: the number of obese people in the world amounts to more than two billion and it is a third of children and adolescents who are affected by this scourge. These figures speak for themselves and, although we already know them, they still frighten us.
It is obvious thatobesity increases the risk ofvarious and disabling diseases and yet never harmless. It deteriorates, over the years, the state of health of those who are the victims concludes the British study. Thus, states of overweight are not to be taken lightly and it must be said that nothing gets better over time.
Stephen Paul is the lead author and founder of My Health Sponsor. Holder of a diploma in health and well-being coaching with more than 200 articles in the field of health, he makes it a point of honor to offer advice based on reliable information, based on scientific research, and verified by health professionals.