| Unhealthy weight gain is a problem facing most | | | | Another consequence to putting on too many extra |
| Americans today due to the fact that we have | | | | pounds is developing hypertension and high blood |
| become a couch potato society. The wealth of leisure | | | | pressure. To get blood to the extra areas of the body, |
| activities like watching TV, playing video games, and | | | | the heart has to work harder and faster to pump |
| automobiles aid people in gaining too much weight | | | | oxygen filled blood to the obese areas. This can cause |
| because of an inherent lack of exercise. | | | | a person to feel tired and sluggish, which further aids a |
| Consequences of excess weight gain can have | | | | person to be lazy and not exercise. Also making the |
| serious health implications and even lead to premature | | | | heart work harder than it should can be a cause of |
| death. | | | | serious health problems later on in life. |
| To begin, unhealthy weight gain can have serious | | | | Coronary heart disease, blood clots, and heart attacks |
| negative implications on a person's body image and | | | | are the overarching consequence to why people |
| self esteem. When body image and self esteem drop, | | | | should monitor their weight. As previously stated, |
| a person can slip into depression. One of the things | | | | weight gain makes the heart work harder than it |
| that contribute to weight gain is eating to make | | | | should. Prolonged stress on the heart will cause this |
| someone feel better about themselves. This is a | | | | vital organ to be overworked and lead to heart |
| vicious cycle that will only cause negative health | | | | attacks. Heart disease will ultimately lead to the need |
| implications. | | | | for a heart transplant which may not come in time if a |
| Once a person has put on the unhealthy weight due to | | | | donor is not found. |
| lack of exercise and poor diet, internal health risks will | | | | Consequences of excess weight gain are depression, |
| arise. One of the more common risks to becoming | | | | hypertension, high blood pressure, type II diabetes, heart |
| obese is developing type II diabetes. While weight gain | | | | attacks, and eventually death. Master your body and |
| is not the only factor in developing this condition, it | | | | its faculties to promote a healthier way to live that |
| certainly plays a significant role in generating this | | | | works for each person on an individual bases. Learn |
| disease. Once it is developed, however, its affects can | | | | what works best for you and live a longer, healthier life |
| be reversible. | | | | by monitoring weight gain and loss. |