How does obesity damage your bone structure?

The obesity It is a disease that is detonated to a greater extent by having a less active and nutritious lifestyle. Science confirms that genetic factors do influence, but the choices you make in your day to day are more important.


In an interview with GetQoralHealth , the doctor Joaquín Sánchez Sotelo , consultant Mayo Clinic , reveals that the aftermath of overweight Y obesity they do not focus only on having more risk of type 2 diabetes , Cancer , hypertension or heart attacks , but it is also confirmed that the obesity It damages the joints of people.


"Patients with obesity they face several problems related to their bone structure; The joints that are most damaged are the knee, hip and spine, due to the weight load that the body must support. "


The reason is that the body is designed to be active, move to different places and long distances, but over time the good habits have been lost, so that the muscles not exercised do not have the strength of a healthy body.


"When people fall into a sedentary lifestyle exaggerated without taking care of their food their joints hurt. In those cases, the only alternative is to perform a replacement knee, hip, etc. "


To avoid falling into these extremes the expert of May Clinic advises that people start generating several changes as suggested by the American Diet Society in the United States :

 


"It consists in having your plate divided into 4 equal parts and include a little protein, vegetables, fruits and whole grains; the key is not to exceed the space of a quadrant and of course include a glass of natural water, to have a complete diet ".

And it is that according to the doctor Sánchez Sotelo, people must understand that only by modifying the diet and when practicing exercise, it is when a weight reduction will be achieved: "There is no other way, we must be aware of this, otherwise obesity will never stop".


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