Diabetes, Hypertension and Obesity Diabetes Hypertension and Essay

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Diabetes, Hypertension and Obesity

Diabetes Hypertension and Obesity:

Causes and Management

Diabetes Hypertension and Obesity: Causes and Management

The world as we know it today is a fast world and people are continuously adapting to the fast way in which things are done. In the process of doing this, the lifestyle and habits of many a people have greatly changed. This in turn has seen an upsurge in the occurrence of some specific types of diseases like diabetes, hypertension and obesity. Some of the causes of these diseases are quite obvious but others are vague therefore this paper will investigate the causes of these illnesses. As we will find out, some of these diseases are interrelated.

Obesity is defined better by the world health organization (2000) as the condition in which excess body fat affects the body. This means that the body fat has risen to a level more than that which is desirable. In atypical analysis of the body mass index (a pointer to which one gauges his level of fatness) a BMI of 30kg/m2 (who p.9) and above one is considered to be obese or in other words overweight. Many studies show that diseases like hypertension and diabetes are as a direct result of obesity (Haslam DW, James WP (2005).

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"Obesity," Lancet 366 (9492): 1197 -- 209). As stated earlier, some of the causes of a disease like this are quite obvious like excessive food intake and less physical activity as indicated by Lau DC, Douketis JD, Morrison KM, Hramiak IM, Sharma AM, Ur E (April 2007).

The diet that one is subjected to also plays as a contributor and also the lifestyle that we live in. Other reasons may include the inheritance factor of genetics, eating disorder diseases and infectious agents and lastly social disorders. There are several methods of dealing with obesity, the first method as suggested by Lau et al. (2007 p8) being a healthy diet and proper physical exercise. However as many people suggest medication and surgery are also available with surgery being termed as the most effective. Sjostrom L, Narbro K, Sjostrom CD, et al. (2007).

Diabetes: this is a type of disease characterized by high blood sugar levels. High blood sugar may be caused by lack of enough insulin to deal with the sugar and the fact that some cells of the liver and fat may not respond to insulin. Of all….....

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