obesity

Overweight adults who experience excessive fatigue may not be tiring out simply because of the extra weight they are carrying around. Several studies have linked obesity with abnormal sleep patterns and disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea.

Though researchers have yet to determine causality (does the extra weight cause the poor sleep patterns, or vice versa?), there is an abundance of evidence pointing to the fact that overweight adults are disproportionately exposed to the health risks associated with getting abnormal amounts of sleep.

With obesity at epidemic proportions around the globe, an unprecedented number of individuals may now find themselves at greater risk of developing a wide range of additional health problems. Asthma, type-2 diabetes, and certain types of cancers are just a few of the myriad diseases and conditions that health care professionals and research scientists have associated with elevated body mass index.

Obesity is commonly viewed as having three primary influences: genetics, diet, and exercise. But if future studies support recent research, a fourth factor may eventually be added to that list: economics.

The negative health effects of being overweight or obese have been well-documented, but that doesn't mean all efforts to lose weight are inherently beneficial to one's health. In fact, individuals who resort to drastic measures to rid themselves of excess or unwanted weight risk significant consequences as a result.

I just remember one September night a few months after leaving Wellspring Academy; it was after homecoming or something.  And I was like, ‘If I don't control myself now,  I'm gonna be put back in the same place I was before.'  And things have to change in my life.  And I can't sit here and whine that this is my biology and this is what is meant to be for my life.  I have to be happy that I have the chance to do this.  So I was like, ‘Get over yourself.  Just do it.'  - Vicki M.