Cause and effect: Obesity

Thesis statement:

Obesity is classified as having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or greater. Obesity is causes by inactive lifestyle and genetic factors which may lead to several critical health problem such as cardiovascular diseases, distortion in physical appearance as well as psychological disorder

One of the main reasons of obesity is unhealthy lifestyle. Imbalanced diet and lack of physical exercise increases chances of Individuals to develop obesity. Nowadays, people are consuming more and more junk food, and junk food contains more fat, sugar than essential minerals and vitamins. Genetic factors such as Underactive thyroid cause slow down your metabolism and cause weight gain.

Body paragraph 2: Effect

Obesity cause cardiovascular diseases such as high blood pressure and heart diseases. Obesity causes fatty acid deposits build up in arteries which lead to narrowed arteries results in heart attack. Furthermore, obesity reduce effective use of insulin, consequently the blood sugar becomes elevated and causes type 2 diabetes, a risk factor of cardiovascular disease.

Obesity will distorts individual’s physical posture and appearance. Obesity causes spinal changes in some people due to the excess bodyweight. Excess strain on the spinal can lead to back pain and even Hyperlordosis, which occurs when the back curves inward too much.

Body paragraph 4: Effect

Obesity induced psychological effects to obese people. Unsuccessful weight management and discrimination against overweight and obese people result in discouragement, frustration and unstable mental state among obese people. Evidence from the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study indicates that clinically significant depression is three to four times higher in severely obese individuals than in similar non-obese individuals.