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  • 4 Of The Top 10 Deadliest Diseases Are Related To Obese

    4 Of The Top 10 Deadliest Diseases Are Related To Obese

    Being obese increases the mortality rate.

    Obesity is a chronic disease. According to WHO's definition, it is known to have abnormal or excessive fat accumulation in the body. We thought that gaining 2-3 kg in a year is not a big deal, but in the long run, if weight gain is not well-controlled, we are also increasing the risk of getting diseases.

    Being obese is having a higher chance of suffering from diabetes, metabolic syndrome, fatty liver, obstructive sleep apnea, gastroesophageal reflux, degenerative arthritis, infertility, depression, as well as increasing the  the risk of cancers, such as esophageal cancer, colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer and so on.

    Here are the 3 most common diseases caused by obesity

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  • 肥胖只是體重增加?外形變化?你知道它還可以帶來許多危險疾病嗎!

    肥胖只是體重增加?外形變化?你知道它還可以帶來許多危險疾病嗎!

    胖超過5年 死亡率就增加5倍!

    肥胖是一種慢性疾病,被定義為體內異常或過多的脂肪堆積,對健康有害。有些人或許會認為一年內胖了2-3公斤可能沒什麼大不了的,但長期下來,若是不控制,體重可能會越增越多,增加換上疾病的風險喔。 

    比起普通體重的人來說,肥胖者有較高的機會罹患糖尿病、代謝综合症、脂肪肝、阻塞型睡眠呼吸中止症、胃食道逆流、退化性關節炎、不孕症、憂鬱症,甚至還會增加許多癌症發生的機會,例如食道癌、大腸直腸癌、子宮內膜癌等。

    那到底肥胖是如何導致患上這些疾病的呢?讓我們舉三個最常見的疾病例子作為講解。

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