Looking good is nice, but going from being overweight or obese toward a normal weight does more than help you fit into those jeans — you may actually reduce a number of significant health risks, too.
The condition most associated with excess body weight is Type 2 diabetes, but there are a number of other chronic, sometimes deadly, issues as well.
在进入这些协会之前，也有好消息：哈佛大学的研究人员注意到仅失去5–10％的体重即使您从未达到目标体重，也可以在降低风险水平上产生很大的影响 - 即使您以后只开始减肥。
当您降低体重时，尤其是在处理肥胖症的情况下，这些风险也可能开始降低：
非酒精性脂肪肝病
肝脏含有一些脂肪是正常的，但是当器官的重量超过10％来自脂肪时，您就有可能患上非酒精性脂肪肝病（NAFLD）。与体重过大的关系密切相关，这种情况可能导致肝脏肿胀，在某些情况下可能导致器官衰竭。
NAFLD can result from some medication use — like prednisone, tetracycline and tamoxifen— as well as high cholesterol, but most often, doctors look at diet as the major culprit. Consistently eating highly processed, high-fat, high-sugar dietscan overtax the liver，必须处理系统中的gunk。
The National Institutes of Health估计美国有30-40％的成年人患有这种状况；有些人认为这些数字会攀升更高。
非营利性脂肪肝基金会首席执行官韦恩·埃斯克里奇（Wayne Eskridge）说：“如果您的病情因您的习惯而发生，并且改变了这种状况，那么您很有可能扭转疾病。”“但是，即使您现在不处理NAFLD，也要考虑一个事实，即您可能需要在预防方面做更多的事情。”
中风
Many think strokes are a problem for older people, but there has been a sharp rise in incidence among younger folk as well, mainly because of increases in weight-related problems like diabetes and lipid disorders.
俄亥俄州立大学韦克斯纳医学中心（Wexner University Wexner Medical Center）神经严重护理主任戴安娜·格林·坎多斯（Diana Greene-Chandos）博士说：“与20年前相比，年轻人的中风发生率正在上升。”她引用a学习发现45岁以下的男性和女性的缺血性中风住院率正在增加，尤其是在肥胖是一个更大问题的地区。
降低体重并检查健康标记，作为预防措施可能会有所帮助。
“Get a wellness check, even if you think you’re too young and you’re healthy,” Greene-Chandos advises. “Know your numbers. And most of all, don’t think that strokes are just for older people. That’s simply not the case.”
SOME CANCERS
最近的研究链接过多的重量to increased risk of several types of cancer, including colon, esophagus, kidney, breast, uterine, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, brain, thyroid and bone marrow.
The average person would need to gain only about 25 pounds over what’s considered his or her normal weight to increase risk, says Dr. Graham Colditz, chair of the IARC Working Group, the organization that undertook a major research study on link between cancer and obesity.
那可能是因为肥胖可能会导致您的新陈代谢和激素的变化，从而引起慢性炎症。研究指出，将这种炎症与癌症联系起来的证据很强。
奇蒂兹博士说，好消息是减轻体重，即使减轻了5％，也可以开始降低癌症风险。他说：“避免增加体重增加肯定会避免进一步增加癌症的风险。”“第一种方法应该是保持体重恒定。”
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
重量过多，肺功能可能会受到损害，Harvard University researchers noted。例如，腹部脂肪的积累可以限制隔膜的移动方式，进而可以降低肺部膨胀。同样，内脏脂肪可以降低胸壁和肺部狭窄气道的柔韧性。
When this occurs, it puts you at higher risk for major problems like asthma and obstructive sleep apnea. The researchers pointed out that an analysis of seven studies showed obesity increases asthma risk by 50%.
Sleep apnea, which is also linked to excess weight and particularly obesity, can lead to a number of other problems, such as hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
DEPRESSION
Several studies have noted a抑郁与肥胖之间的密切相关性，关系朝两个方向发展。肥胖增加了抑郁和抑郁的风险，增加了肥胖的风险。有时使用抗抑郁药会加剧这种情况，抗抑郁药通常会增加体重作为副作用。
Those with depression can struggle with poor self-image, unhealthy habits like overeating and social isolation, which can all feed the depression-obesity cycle. Good news here, too, though: Depression is highly treatable as a condition, according to Scott Dehorty, a social worker at Delphi Behavioral Health.
“这可能是一个可怕的,严重的疾病,“Dehorty says. “But we know a great deal about how to address it and treat it. No one should feel hopeless; there is help available.”
向前进
除了这里涵盖的主要条件外，体重过多也可能是其他问题的一个因素，包括繁殖，心血管健康，肌肉骨骼疾病，肾脏疾病甚至认知功能。
但是，正如哈佛大学研究人员指出的那样，不需要100磅的降低才能使您的风险因素朝着正确的方向发展。逐步的变化，尤其是长期的持续体重减轻 - 可能是您长期健康的主要福音。万博彩票下载安卓狗万体育买球
