Year 2011 is over. It is time to plan to lose weight in early year, after new year celebration and holidays. Diabetes topic is always a topic i would like to share, seeing most people are not sensitive to weight-related health problems, especially diabetes.
Some facts of diabetes to lose weight
Whether you aware of it or not, overweight people are twice as likely to develop lifetyle-related Type 2 Diabetes (non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus) as people who are not overweight. Those with severe obesity are 30 times more likely to develop this form of diabetes; the risk is 10 times greater in moderately obese patients. That is why you need to decide to lose weight and enroll in a healthy weight loss program if you really care about yourself.
Type 2 Diabetes reduces your body’s ability to control your blood sugar. It is a major cause of early death, heart disease, kidney disease, stroke and blindness.
According to the study from Diabetes Care on nurses, the risk of diabetes increased 5-fold for those with a body mass index (BMI) of 25, 28-fold for those with BMI of 30, and 93-fold for those with BMI of 35 or greater.
Women who gained 8 to 11 kg in weight during the period of study had a 2.7 fold increased risk of diabetes compared to women of stable weight. Similarly, the risk of diabetes in men increased for all BMI levels of 24 or obove.
The risk of diabetes, adjusted for age, is 2.2 fold for a BMI between 25 and 26.9, 6.7-fold for BMI between 29 and 30, and 42-fold for those with a BMI or 35 or greater. That is why those who overweight or obese need to think a way to lose weight.
A Need to Lose Weight due to High Casualties
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of a diabetes epidemic with the number affected rising from 140 million to 300 million in the next 25 years. According to the WHO, of the 85% of people with Type 2 diabetes in the world today, 90% are obese or overweight. This rise the need to lose weight.
In addition, the WHO warns that if current trends continue, large increases would also be observed in China, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the rest of Asia. The diets in such countries are typically energy-dense, high in saturated fats and depleted in dietary fiber.
According to a report, diabetes associated with obesity is spreading faster throughout Asia, estimating at 60 million diabetics and growing — than anywhere else. It is a fact that Asians are not sensitive to weight-related health problems, such as Type 2 Diabetes and heart disease. In this case, we need to create awareness about the effects and encourage them to take effort to lose weight accordingly.
What you can do? Lose weight is the answer!
You can reduce your risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes by taking effort to lose weight and by becoming more physically active. Read the Type 2 Diabetes article if you already have it and want to lose weight. If you use medicine to control your blood sugar, lose weight and physical activity may make it possible for your doctor to decrease the amount of medication you need.
Good news is it has been found that a 5% to 7% weight loss can reduce the risk of diabetes. Besides, reduction in fat and calories intake accompanies by half hour walk or other exercise each day lowered the incidence by 58%. In people over 60, these reduce the development of diabetes by 71%. So take care of food and nutrition as well as adjusting your lifestyle will help you to lose weight effectively.
So, what you can do if you are obese? Lose weight is definitely the answer!
