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Obesity and hypertension
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This research is targeted at the general public. It is aimed at making awareness of the effects that hypertension and obesity on people’s health. To reduce the risks of hypertension and obesity, public knowledge is essential. The study also targets the patients who are suffering from this conditions to help them provide much detailed information about this conditions and how they can prevent it.
Introduction
Today, obesity has become among the highest ranked causes of disease in the world, in fact, obesity has been ranked 6th most disease risk in globally (Mikhail, Nasser, Michael S. Golub, and Michael L. Tuck. "Obesity and hypertension."). This research found that over 1 billion grownups and 10% of youngsters are now classified as weighty and obese (Mikhail, Nasser, Michael S. Golub, and Michael L. Tuck. "Obesity and hypertension."). Also, obesity was said to have the main cause of premature deaths and many chronic illnesses which can be prevented after it was seen to surpass smoking in the USA (“El-Atat, 2003”). Hypertension and obesity are increasingly becoming a challenge all over the world today, making it an important public health challenge that is unable to be ignored. When we look at the case in the year 2000 and compare it with now, the total of grown-ups with hypertension is predicted to surge by 60% making it a total tally of 1.56 billion by the time we get to the year 2025. The rising numbers of obesity cases translate to a large probability of these people getting hypertension. This means that if cases of obesity are reduced then most probably the cases of hypertension will reduce significantly. Also, this condition not only increases the risk of hypertension but is also associated with other medical conditions such as chronic kidney diseases and diabetes. Central obesity excessive belly fat around the digestive system and abdomen has been a major cause of diseases such as hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Population studies have shown that at least two-thirds of the commonness of hypertension can directly be as a result of obesity. Belly fat, also, has also been associated with the development of sleep apnoea, stroke, coronary artery disease, and blocking of the heart causing heart failure (Mikhail, Nasser, Michael S. Golub, and Michael L. Tuck. "Obesity and hypertension.").
The complexities of the issue of obesity and hypertension
Obesity and hypertension are closely related. Obesity increases the risk of development of hypertension. Obesity and hypertension results in cardiovascular damage. Hypertension leads to the damage of the blood arteries, such as the left ventricular arrhythmias, diastolic heart failure, and ischemic heart diseases. It also harms the central nervous system and the kidneys. Obesity affects the physiological process. Obesity and hyper are linked, with obese patients having higher rates of hypertension than healthy weight individuals. Obesity influences the insulin level in the body which results in hypertension. Antihypertensive medication influence insulin sensitivity and the metabolic risk, which may lead to one developing obesity.
Hypertension can be controlled by making changes to lifestyle. Weight loss is one of the most effective lifestyle changes for managing blood pressure and avoiding obesity. Losing a small amount of weight when overweight or obese helps to reduce the chances of getting a high blood pressure. It is also important to keep an eye on the waistline especially for women. Carrying too much weight around the waist puts too much danger of high blood pressure. Men also have to keep an eye on their size so that they avoid accumulating a lot of fat that can result in high blood pressure. Exercising regularly is also very important as it ensures that blood pressure is lowered by 5 to 8mm Hg if one has high blood pressure. It is also worth eating a healthy diet. Eating healthy foods that is rich in whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products and skimps on saturated fat and cholesterol can lower blood pressure by up to 11mm Hg.
Project Description.
Many cases of hypertension and Obesity are on the rise, and each is associated with another. People with this condition are unaware and do not know how to prevent the diseases. The purpose of this project is to identify all the information necessary concerning hypertension and obesity and study carefully how the two conditions are interrelated. They’re the growing need for the public to be educated on the harmful effects of hypertension and obesity. This project expects to inform the people on the impact of hypertension and obesity on their health, and thus to positively promote education on the public about hypertension and obesity
Research plan
The research information gathered is going to be used to provide training to the people on the importance of staying healthy and keeping away the high blood pressure. The research is aimed at providing strategies that can be used to prevent the rising numbers of people who are becoming obese.
In the research, the in-depth study of hypertension and the obesity is going to be a helpful tool to help the people alleviate the everyday activities that have resulted to in healthy living. The information gathered, we have partnered with the national hospital to help provide data for the patients and public.
The data collection is through administering questionnaires and issuing interviews. We visited several hospitals around the country to interview patients and have them provide detailed information on how they are leading their lives with hypertension. Many of the patients have diabetes who have related high blood pressures, and we collected information on them.
Conclusion
Hypertension and obesity are conditions that have affected many people around the world, yet they are much related. High blood pressure has affected individuals who have more weight or are obese than those who are underweight. The effects of high blood pressure on the body blood vessels are severe and lead to damage of the blood vessels, resulting in other cardiovascular diseases. Eating unhealthy foods which have resulted in many individuals gaining unrealistic weight and thus increasing the risk of high blood pressure. Among the obese individuals from the research, it is clear that obesity is a major cause of high blood pressure. Individuals who have Body Mass Index that exceeds 30kg /m² have reported conditions of high blood pressure (Dustan, Harriet P. "Obesity and hypertension." 1985 ). The adverse effects of hypertension are huge and include the damages that involve the blood vessels of the nervous systems, kidney, eyes, and heart. Hypertension alone can lead to several other related diseases and make the life of an individual with the high blood pressure more chronic. While hypertension is pegged to obesity, individuals with obese weights tend to think that obesity is a lifestyle and does not look into the risks that may come about from having to be overweight. It is clear from that many of this condition of obesity come about because of the unhealthy practices that are bound as cultural. The attitudes that people have about being obese as a way of wealth and gaining appraisal from the community. This cultural perception is what has contributed to the unhealthy lifestyles which has in turn added to many of the people to suffer from obesity-related diseases of hypertension. The world right now has moved ahead in technology and mechanization of agriculture has led to the fast production of foods which are cheap. Without the social force or control over food eating, the people in developing countries consume foods high in calorie sugars in celebrations of the scarcities that they had gone through in the previous times, hence resulting to increase in the weights of the population and thus increased blood pressure. The uncontrolled eating of food has resulted in many cases of obesity and therefore registering more cases of hypertension. Therefore, hypertension and obesity can be avoided if only can healthy eating is observed.
Work cited
Mikhail, Nasser, Michael S. Golub, and Michael L. Tuck. "Obesity and hypertension." Progress in cardiovascular diseases 42.1 (1999): 39-58.
El-Atat, Fadi, et al. "Obesity and hypertension." Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics 32.4 (2003): 823-854.
Kopelman, Peter G. "Obesity as a medical problem." Nature404.6778 (2000): 635.
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Dustan, Harriet P. "Obesity and hypertension." Annals of internal medicine 103.6_Part_2 (1985): 1047-1049.